Have him imprisoned, possibly even killed, with one lie about his conduct. The mage spoke a thing and it was so, truth be damned. Neither of them acknowledged the power difference while they worked, but it was always there. And Sciona had used it to win their argument…which wasn’t really winning at all, was it? Truth over delusion. That was the first rule of magical study, of the University, of Sciona’s entire value system. If she couldn’t live by it here in her own laboratory, how could she claim the superiority of Tiranish ideals? How could she call herself a mage? She took a slow breath.
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