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It's mating season for the scalewolves.
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They shed their plaitscale fur
through sharp impacts
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to prevent harm to
their coming offspring.
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Even though they could stay as strong as
they are if they chose not to mate...
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I thought that I had
nothing to learn from her.
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That Outsiders don't belong here.
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That they have nothing
to offer the world of magic.
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But...
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If she correctly learns
how everything works...
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How is she any different from us?
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Yes! I did it!
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Excellent work!
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The Test in Serpentback Cave
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You've learned how to draw
your spells very reliably, Coco.
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I'm so happy!
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But...
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There aren't many spells
I'm fully confident in.
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I'll probably end up falling
back on the same seals.
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If you ask me...
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spells you can complete consistently
and draw without much effort
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are what I'd call your specialty.
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My... specialty?
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See?
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The spells you use most often are
the ones that use more straight lines.
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Your straight lines are much
more confident than your curves.
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The first time we met, you were
drawing straight lines, remember?
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Realizing which spells are your specialty
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will give you confidence when
you need to believe in yourself.
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When you're feeling nervous,
say it out loud,
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so your own ears can hear it.
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My specialty is... drawing straight lines.
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My specialty is straight lines, right?!
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Now that I know, I should
draw more straight lines!
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I'll charge straight into success!
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Wait, wait, wait, wait!
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You'll master your specialty
spells without even trying.
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Better to practice spells
you haven't perfected yet,
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that you need active work to pin down.
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It could even lead you to new specialties.
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Right?
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R-Right...
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Casting Seals seem even more
impressive to me now than before.
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Now that I know how they work,
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I appreciate how hard they
must have been to design.
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Amazing. This is amazing!
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The magic of amazing people is amazing!
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She needs to improve her
compliment vocabulary.
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I feel amazingly intimidated
by the amazingness...
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Want to look with me, Richeh?
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No.
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I like drawing. I don't like looking.
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Really? You don't want to look at this?
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You'll learn so much!
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Seriously, no. And stop wiggling around.
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Studying magic isn't all about
training your hands, Richeh.
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Looking at the advanced spells
of others will train your eyes to—
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I don't want to!
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Richeh! You okay?
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Were you hurt?
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You really shouldn't
cast while you're upset.
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That's really dangerous.
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Wait, Richeh!
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When you close your eyes
to the guideposts of learning...
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and shut your ears to
the words of your teacher...
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you'll go nowhere fast.
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Richeh!
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Um... I'm sorry about what I said.
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I...
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Huh? Richeh?
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She's not here?
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Maybe she's in her bedroom?
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Brushbuddy, do you know where she is?
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Where are you going, Brushbuddy?!
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Brushbuddy?
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What is this place?
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I didn't say you could come in.
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S-Sorry. I was following
Brushbuddy, and...
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What a beautiful spell!
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It's like ribbons made out of crystal...
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It doesn't have a name yet.
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I made it myself.
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You made a spell?!
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Wow! That's amazing!
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It's so beautiful!
It makes my eyes happy!
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What an avant-garde
show of appreciation...
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I really love this spell.
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You can have one if you want.
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I've got plenty.
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What?! Really?!
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I love it! Thank you!
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Hey... can I ask something?
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Why don't you want to look at the books?
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I know so little about magic,
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so I love looking at
other people's spells.
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Who could have made them,
what did they use them for...
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I love imagining that stuff
as I look through their spells.
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I only want to think about my own spells.
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If I start looking at books,
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they'll start telling me
to draw what's in there.
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I'll have to draw things
I don't want to draw.
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Stuff that isn't my style of spell.
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I'm sick of that.
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Richeh...
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It has nothing to do with you.
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I don't need other people's spells.
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I don't want them to contaminate mine.
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Richeh was apprenticed to another
witch before she came here.
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She uses her stubbornness
as a shield to protect herself.
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Like a scalewolf making
armor out of its thick fur...
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I'm never sure how much to interfere.
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Unfortunately, people
aren't as simple as spells.
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Here.
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What's this?
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Stones?
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My latest creation: Snugstones.
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It's meant as a sleep aid.
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Put one under the covers and
it'll warm you from tip to toe.
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Might just be a placebo, but
give them out to your apprentices.
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Thank you.
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There's so much kindness in your spells.
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You express it better
with magic than words.
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Th-This is just part of
my work, you get that?!
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I intend to sell them,
so I'm looking for feedback!
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Sure, let's not argue.
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Hey, Olly.
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You gave me too many.
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There are five here.
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Four are for your apprentices.
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The last one is for you.
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Set an example for the girls
and get a good night's sleep.
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You're a teacher, remember?
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I'll try.
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A letter?
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From whom?
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I'm back.
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Agott.
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You arrived at the perfect time.
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I just received word from the Great Hall.
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We have a date for your second test.
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When is it?!
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Morning, three days from now...
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at Serpentback Cave in Cape Romonon.
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You're trying to make crystal ribbons?
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That's a very charming spell, Richehlette.
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Look, Rili.
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It's sparkly and roly-poly. Is it pretty?
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Rili?
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Richeh, your big brother...
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loves it when you make spells
that express who you are.
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Never stop being yourself, okay?
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Rili?
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Where are you going?
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You don't wanna look
at my spells anymore?
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Don't go...
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Rili!
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A dream?
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Ugh, I fell fast asleep!
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I meant to use every minute I had
to practice before the test!
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This stupid Snugstone!
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Stupid toasty warmth!
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You'll be all right, Agott.
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Everyone always feels like
they haven't prepared enough.
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Just approach it as
the person you are now.
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That will serve the person
you'll be the next time.
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There won't be a next time.
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I'll pass the test on the first try.
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I'm from House Arklaum, after all.
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Such heartening words!
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Like night and day with
my little failure here.
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Euini, my apprentice,
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has tried and failed the
second test twice already,
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even though you can
only take it once a year!
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If only I could trade him for
a daughter of House Arklaum!
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Master Kukrow.
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Apprentices aren't things.
We can't simply trade them around...
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Ah, but don't you wish we could?
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We can't repair them, either!
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How dare you—
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I-It's fine.
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It's all true, anyway.
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My incompetence as an apprentice has
given Master Kukrow no end of trouble.
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Um...
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And I'm sorry that my incompetence
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has splashed back into criticism
against you again, Master.
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I'm also sorry I'll probably never
become a worthy witch...
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Um... Euini?
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Hey, sorry I'm late.
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The closest Windowway has become unusable,
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so I had to walk all the way here.
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That enormous brushbuddy is talking!
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Look closer.
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She's a proper witch.
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What?
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But transformation is
forbidden magic, isn't it?
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A Mirror Cloak of Borrowshade.
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A magical contraption that,
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while worn, projects an illusionary
guise of a nearby beast.
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It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Alaira.
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I'll be overseeing your participation
in the second test.
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So you're the test proctor?
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Purely a coincidence!
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And you brought all your apprentices,
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even though they're
not all taking the test?
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The second test,
the Sincerity of the Shield—
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as the name suggests, you become
like a knight with a shield,
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keeping your target safe as you
escort them from the entrance
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to the exit of the Serpentback Cave.
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You mustn't lose sight of
your charge during that time.
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If either reaches the cave
exit alone, you're out.
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Of course, you fail if you're
witnessed casting spells, as well.
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What happens if we're witnessed?
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There's no risk of the secrets
of magic getting out,
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but you will fail the test...
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because you'll be exposed as human.
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Put those cloaks on and have a look.
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Are those gryphons?
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No, they're myrphons.
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A different species
that lives by the water.
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The Serpentback Cave,
where the test takes place,
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is a magical ruin from
a more tumultuous age.
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A labyrinth spell pervades its caverns,
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making it dangerous
to stray from the path.
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So the second test is about using
magic to protect them from magic?
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That's right!
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Humans rarely enter the ruins,
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but it's been a route between
the animals' breeding grounds
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and winter nests for ages now.
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We witches must take responsibility
for altering their environment.
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That's why, every year,
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we guide and protect the young ones
making the trip for the first time
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to keep them from going astray.
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With those cloaks on, the myrphons
will see you as one of their own.
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If you take the cloaks off
or disrupt their seal,
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the myrphons will run away,
so be careful!
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I see.
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In a way, this is harder than drawing
spells without humans seeing us.
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You'll each be in charge of one myrphon.
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This one is yours.
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This one is yours.
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And the last one...
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Here you go.
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Richeh gets one?
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You've made a mistake.
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I'm not taking the test.
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What? You aren't?
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You submitted an application.
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There's no mistake.
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You'll be taking the test too, Richeh.
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You liar.
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Richeh...
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Master Qifrey,
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you said I could do what I wanted.
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That's why I came to you
in the first place.
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I guess you don't care
about what I want, either.
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Adults all just force you
to do what they want.
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I absolutely do care what you want.
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That's precisely the reason
I want you to take the test.
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I think that what you learn here will
empower you in the life you want to live.
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So...
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Won't you please trust me this one time?
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I'm going to do what I want on the test.
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Okay.
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Okay. That's fine.
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If I try it and hate it,
I'm not doing it again.
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And if it makes me stop being me,
I'll never trust what you say again!
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Sounds like you have
quite a handful yourself.
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There really is no correcting
fools like that.
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They just complain and make
excuses. "Oh, but Master!"
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It really is a chore.
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Why must children be so—
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Excuse me.
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Were you saying something?
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Well, would you look at the time?
I really must return to the Great Hall.
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You're not going to stick around
for your apprentice's test?
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You two can handle it, can't you?
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So get to it!
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Unbelievable! He really did leave!
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Euini...
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I-I'll do my best!
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R-Right. Please do...
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It's just about time.
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May they all reach the end
without getting lost in the dark.
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That's what magic is for.
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For just that...
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The migration has begun.
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All right, let's move out!
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There they go.
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Well, let's have ourselves
a late breakfast.
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I'll tell you some history, too.
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History?
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Yes, you don't know much about magical
ruins like the Serpentback Cave, do you?
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Forbidden spells drawn
before the Day of the Pact...
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still linger across the world like scars.
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W-We have to take this road?
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Didn't you say it?
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It's a test about using magic
to protect against magic.
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Now, my little magic
shield-wielding knights...
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How will you traverse this road?
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Episode 12:
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The Shadow of Romonon