Chapter 159: Consequences
Taweel smiled faintly at the way Tamaes straightened. The top of the boy’s head still didn’t reach his shoulder. “Are you in a hurry to gain height?”
“Being in between is … difficult.”
Bending to catch his apprentice’s eye, Taweel asked, “What difficulty have you encountered?”
Tamaes lowered his gaze. “I am unsure.”
“And I am your mentor. Can you not confide in me?”
Relief flashed through reddish-brown eyes. Splaying his hand over his breastplate, Tamaes admitted, “Something is stirring. And my wings are restless.”
With a grunt, Taweel asked, “Are you sad?”
Tamaes’s voice cracked. “How did you know?”
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