What if she truly descended from the  ,
 and was being trafficked through here in secret?

    There was no room to move,
 no space to pace.
   Yu turned in small, useless circles
                inside the basin.

                              If the Shaira wanted to …
                                        kind of …
                           use his curse,

                   would that not make one of the ’s descendants
               infinitely more valuable than any random wizard
                             who might or might not be Fallem’s brother?

         Oh. God.

              What if they could get a hold of the curse,

                    If they could use it,

                if they could make it spread NO!

                                    THAT’S TOO MUCH!

           CALM DOWN!

       CALM.DOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.. . . .   

   Yu planted his wings against the rim left and right
 to stop himself from turning.
   He forced his gaze to steady.
   He looked up at the singular lightorb floating overhead
    and took several void breaths.

      .

               .

          .

       This was going too far.

        .

             .

            Way too far.

                .

             .

                   .

What if she truly descended from the  ,
 and was being trafficked through here in secret?

    There was no room to move,
 no space to pace.
   Yu turned in small, useless circles
                inside the basin.

                              If the Shaira wanted to …
                                        kind of …
                           use his curse,

                   would that not make one of the ’s descendants
               infinitely more valuable than any random wizard
                             who might or might not be Fallem’s brother?

         Oh. God.

              What if they could get a hold of the curse,

                    If they could use it,

                if they could make it spread NO!

                                    THAT’S TOO MUCH!

      CALM DOWN!

       CALM.DOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.. . . .   

   Yu planted his wings against the rim left and right
 to stop himself from turning.
   He forced his gaze to steady.
   He looked up at the singular lightorb floating overhead
    and took several void breaths.

      .

               .

          .

       This was going too far.

        .

             .

            Way too far.

                .

             .

                .

What if she truly descended
from the 
,
and was being trafficked
through here in secret?

    There was
no room to move,
 no space to pace.
   Yu turned in small,
   useless circles
                inside the basin.

    If the Shaira
   wanted to …
           kind of …
               use his curse,

      would that   
not make   
one of      
the ’s
descendants

infinitely more valuable    
  than any random wizard
   who might or might not 
     be Fallem’s brother?

   Oh. God.

    What if they could
get a hold of the curse,
  If they could use it,
            if they could
   make it spread

NO!  

  THAT’S TOO MUCH!

      CALM
 DOWN!
 

CALM.DOWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.. . . .    

   Yu planted his wings
against the rim
left and right
 to stop himself
from turning.
   He forced his gaze
  to steady.
   He looked up
  at the singular lightorb
   floating overhead
      and took
    several void breaths.

      .

               .

          .

      This was going too far.

        .

              .

             Way too far.

                 .

              .

                    .

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