He had not been entirely wrong, the Witch Mother had said, only fundamentally.
Then, she had corrected the crucial distinction:
It was not
He had not been entirely wrong, the Witch Mother had said,
only fundamentally.
Then, she had corrected the crucial distinction:
It was not
the essence
of living beings
that held the potential to shift.
It was Living essence.
the essence
of living beings
that held the potential
to shift.
It was
Living
essence.
The correction had seemed intolerably small, some linguistic witchfoolery,
really, until she used it to dismantle his understanding of the entire procedure.
The real foundation lay within
The correction had seemed intolerably small, some linguistic witchfoolery, really,
until she used it to dismantle his understanding of the entire procedure.
The real foundation
lay within
two further truths:
two further truths:
ONE When Yves shifted from his own dimension
into the Dimension of Light,
any essence bound to his own would shift with him.
TWO The reason it was so fiendishly difficult
to craft a stave from Heartwood root was that,
the roots held essence.
ONE
When Yves shifted
from his own dimension
into the Dimension of Light,
any essence bound to his own would shift with him.
TWO
The reason it was
so fiendishly difficult
to craft a stave from
Heartwood root
was that,
the roots held essence.
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