“My plan for my project was to release it for free online,” I say. My mouth is dry, tongue sandy. “After graduation. No patents, no copyrights. I have a job lined up with a nonprofit that does that sort of thing, so I was going to use this as a way to reaffirm their choice. We’re only supposed to see how evocation and conjuration overlap, but if our projects end up being tied together, that could mean your project getting released, too.” I expect him to recoil at the idea of releasing any spell for free. The Tourael will come out in him, and he’ll balk. But he shrugs. “I have no problem with
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