“Think of how you’ve always perceived others’ minds. Yes, Dayraven. You’re not like your father, though you’ve always wanted to be. It’s your mother you take after. I saw it in poor Eldelith too. Though my little sister, your true grandmother, had little trace of it, your mother could have been a great sorceress. But she married your father, so I said nothing. Then we lost her. I watched you grow up, and all the time I knew what was inside you. But I also saw you wanted to be like your father, a great warrior and a good man, and to have a family with that dear girl. So I let you be. A wizard’s
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