… it’s true that I can’t think of magic powerful enough to do something like this. Even celestial magic wouldn’t be enough. But I don’t think we’re dreaming. It’s just this feeling that I have.

[ her presence in the murmur is subtle, compared to his. that’s intentional. prideful gold is a shield for wounded tenderness beneath, a show of strength, an impenetrable mask.

Keep smiling, Lortel Kehelland. ]

You’re confident you can bend this place to your will, hm?