chapter 2, part 3

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"Now, the mages had so long had mastery of the human race that they knew what was best for us all, even all those years ago. They built into the hymaberry a safeguard against too many having access to its power. To all but a select few, those who would be chosen by fate to carry on in the footsteps of the mages, the hymaberry bush would be poisonous e...