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ies progressed another year. That sounds like a long jump,
perhaps, but nothing much happened in between. After that evening neither
Ryu or I mentioned the incident to one another. Ryu didn't keep his
feelings quite so trapped within, and I saw the blackness more clearly and
more often, but he also seemed to accept it far more often.
Instead, I concentrated on my studies, spending six hours every
morning studying magic until my brain hurt and then working the afternoons
away either in the smithy or the gymnasium. I began researching my own
spell base. Do you know what a spell base is, Aimee'? No?
A spell base is a basic spell idea from which one may weave variants
dependent upon one's knowledge and talent. There is a classic spell base
called, simply, "Pain." Alone, it does little; causes an itch. A little
additional skill, and it can cause great discomfort. With the knowledge
base that comes from being a full mage, one can use it to kill with some
effort, although it is an uncomfortable way to die and there are more
efficient ways to kill someone magically, like "Sleep" and a slitting of
throats.
I was surprised to find that nobody had ever thought to create a base
for "Pleasure." Bases are very simple to use, bu
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