“We can turn her from the path of a Giantsrest mage. Her life has been spent cloistered in the Academy. We can choose to give her the chance to choose. To live a better life. Is her life, her potential, worth so little?” Nathan closed his eyes. He agreed with Khachi. Each person was a story. They existed as they did because of all the myriad experiences of life, and what they’d chosen to do with it. Every person deserved to be treated with respect and dignity.

