The warmth inside was pleasant, but it wasn’t the only thing comforting about Agernon’s home. It was the familiarity. So little had changed since she’d first seen it as a girl. The same two chairs sat in the middle of the room by the same table, on which sat the battered deck of cards he and Elderaan had always used for their games. The vase of spills still stood on the mantle over the fireplace.


    was starting to show his age. Agernon had been old as long as Felit?a could remember, but he had never seemed to get any older. But it seemed time was finally catching up to him. His jowls sagged more than she remembered.


    that. And that.” He pointed his cane at Lon, who was now on her shoulder, and then at Nesh, still clinging to her arm.


    two in.”


    Agernon sat back in his chair. “Fine. What’s this Staff of Sestis then?”


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    Felit?a sighed. “He definitely did it on purpose. If I weren’t so tired, I wouldn’t have fallen for it.”


    Felit?a!


    Felit?a!


    FELIT?A!


    FELIT?A! FELIT?A!


    That was elementalism.” Another zap. “That’s conjuration.” Zap. “Another one I don’t recognise.” He removed his hands again. “You say you found this in the basement of a temple?”


    Felit?a!


    Felit?a!


    FELIT?A!


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