Dear Malina,

You know I never wanted to be a wizard. Unlike father, I was never one to be captivated by the iridescent glow of mana. So it might surprise you to find out in this letter that I have been accepted in the St. Serene & Methodius University of Magic.
I don’t want to go. But, unlike home, the systems at work are different in here. The “central fate committee”, as they call it, evaluates you and decides your career path for you. So no matter how much I want to be a journalist, they’...