“I mean, you’re a czarownik. A female czarownik. I was told that… that women who used magic would go mad.” Despite all she has learned, she still lingers on that part of Father Paweł’s lecture. Seeing Kazimiera use magic so easily… it’s hope—evidence that there is a chance, no matter how small, that she could one day control her powers. Kazimiera, on the other hand, is scowling. “All changes in the world but the ways of men,” she says venomously. “When I first came into my powers, I was told the same thing. Do you know why?” She doesn’t wait for a response. “Because women are inherently more
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