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k_a_webbThe fear in O’Connor’s eyes almost made Jillian laugh. “I’m not certain that’s a good idea.”
“Give me some time to get to know people here and I’ll be able to find someone else to share a room with, to keep the costs down, but until then it will be better for both of us if I just stay in your room. That way you’ll be able to protect me, I’ll be able to get used to the Hideout, and it’ll give me a chance to get to know some of the other female magic users here.” Jillian thought for a moment. “If there are any here, that is.”
“I’ll introduce you to Stasia. She’ll be able to help you.” O’Connor bit his lip. “The only person I really trust here is Stasia, because she’s isn’t a magic user, and I’m not scared that one day she might decide she wants my abilities for herself. It’s rare for someone up here to kill another thief for their abilities, but it has been known to happen. When she blooms that might change, although I hope it won’t, because she’s… different, in a way I don’t know how to describe. Even though she doesn’t trust me she’s willing to help me when I need it and she keeps telling me that change is coming.” He shrugged. “I wish I knew what she meant when she said that.”
Jillian smiled. “Have you ever heard the story of how the Hideout was created?” O’Connor shook his head, surprising Jillian, but then she knew nothing about him or what he’d been taught. “Mother told me the story when I was young. She said we were related to the person who created the Hideout. I don’t know if I believe her, although she told that we have a family tree somewhere that shows our link to hi, and she promised me she’d show me it when I was old enough, but then… Of course, in the way of all stories, this might be true or it might not. There’s no proof I’ve seen that this actually happened, but I know Mother truly believed what she was telling me.
“We’re certain it happened not long after Sauin is reported to have bloomed, the first magic user to live on this world, and he might well have been the first magic user in Ialaera, but that’s something it’s impossible to be certain of. There may have been others before, there may have been failed bloomers, but he definitely one of the first in this kingdom, who had no idea what had happened to him. It happened to all the early magic users, as they came to terms with blooming, with having abilities that no one else had, and they kept it a secret, even though it might have been better for them not to. If they’d have talked to each other they would have been able to work together, rather than suffering alone. I can’t imagine what it must have been like, but I’m glad I wasn’t one of them.”
Mirrored from K. A. Webb Writing.
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Date: 2014-04-22 04:43 am (UTC)