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The Valkyrie sighed "Yes, tell us again howthe proble it, either"

"At least we could identify it"

"Identifying isn’t reversing"

"We aren’t finished yet"

"The covens have been finished for years," he snapped

And got whacked on the shin for his trouble

"Slipped," the tiny witch said, unrepentant

Caleb cursed "If you want to keep his ever are--keep hiht; they’d known al with He hadn’t

"Can you reain

Which led to another round of eye contact, but no one said anything Until the so," she said cheerfully

The other two looked less enthused But finally, they nodded "It would be in a city," Jashed

"Why does thatto understand the answer

"It doesn’t," Caleb said, sounding disgusted "Magic ishienerated by the earth itself, the song of the sky, the land, the seas--"

"Bullshit!" Caleb said "You’re et you killed!"

Jasmine rolled her eyes "You use talisives off"

"Slowly, carefully, safely What we do is like using electricity You play around with lightning!"

"That’s an exaggeration, as you well--"

"Howto channel wild ic?" Caleb demanded

"And howabout with alcheerous--"

"Not if you knohat you’re doing!"

"Ah, and there’s the rub, isn’t it?" she said, sneering "Just because you can’t do it--"

"Can’t--" Caleb flushed "We choose not to use soerously unstable and innately unreliable--"

"So unreliable we fought you to a standstill--"

"So unreliable you were all but destroyed!"

"After you betrayed us! Broke your promises and turned your back on honor--"

"As if a coven witch would know anything of honor!" Caleb spat

And won himself another whack frolared at one another

"I’m not sure I understand what you plan to do," I told Jas her cool better than the others

"Druid is a coic--pre-Circle-- and fey," she explained "The combination allows us to borrow directly froather it up Being on earth requires altering the spells somewhat, which is why it is considered a distinct system from that of the fey But it works quite well, I assure you"

"And that’s different frolances again

"Theirs is based on ancient alche that can be put into a test tube and experi they can see and taste and touch, so they can control The wilder, ic of nature eludes and confuses them They cannot master it because they do not feel it"

"You see?" Caleb asked me "This is exactly the sort of ive you formulas, show you precisely how a potion or ward or spell works--and how to reverse it And if Augustine was using the Arcane, he could, too--and ouldn’t be in this ic?" I asked, for clarification I’d heard the term before, but I wanted to be sure I understood what they meant It was ed another look Even Caleb appeared a little taken aback And then he got whacked again