“She didn’t choose the family she was born into!” he vehemently counters. “I thought you, of all people, would look past her appearance and give her a chance.” “She is Carnissa Gardner’s granddaughter!” “She cannot help who she is! No more than I can!” “Even if, by some unlikely freak of nature, she’s not as monstrous as her relatives, her aunt sits on the Mage Council! She can’t stay here. I can’t have her in my home!”
