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For anyone who has ever wished for a chance to start over.
“It’s easy to forget that we’re all just trying to make it through the day sometimes.”
They paid no price for their peace and had no idea how lucky they truly were.
Magic always had a cost. Power must come from somewhere, and with mages, it came from mana. For blood mages, that power came from within.
fear for the devastation he could cause, not from wonder or amazement. Blood didn’t sparkle or ignite. It wasn’t wondrous to behold.
“Endings are a reward in themselves. Only then can you look back on the journey.”
A little kindness had softened him around the edges, but now he was morphing again. He nodded to people as they passed, no longer looking to become invisible.
“It might not be common, but I like to think that
if you pay fair wages and treat your employees with respect, then maybe they won’t be tempted to open a bar with the first umbral elf that walks into town.”
“It’s not selfish, Kal. That’s just life. We all have our struggles, and all we can do is face the ones that stand before us.”
Somehow, he’d found his people far away from everything he’d ever known, and in the end, the one thing that had defined him for so long didn’t seem to matter much at all.
But we don’t survive on hopes and prayers.”
