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Magic is constant, a pure and steady source, like water. People, and the world they shape — are the conduits of magic, determining its energy, its nature, colouring its energy, the way a dye does water. You of all people should be able to see that magic changes in the hands of men. It is an element to be shaped.

What a waste of life, to stand around and think so much on every little thing.

People could only hurt you if you cared enough to let them.

It was such a peculiar thing, to know your pain was tethered to someone else’s, that every time you hurt, they felt it, and every time they hurt, it was because of you.

“Most girls covet dresses.”
“I am not most girls.”

Desperate, distrusting of anything that wasn’t hers, and hers alone.

Are you made up of anything but mysteries?