chapter 7, part 2

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During those six months of self-imposed denial of all things relating to the mage Abacus, including visits alone or accompanied by Hero to the mage's tower, I developed a finely tuned sense of self-hatred.

The root of this is not so difficult to understand if you have ever found y...