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Long ago, the cave here was home to
the prosperous Cavern Nation of Romonon,
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which specialized in
delicate magic craftsmanship.
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The Romonons clad themselves
in magical gold works of art
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and wore their arrogance
on their sleeves.
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They thought of themselves as a better
breed than the nations outside,
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and looked down on those
who visited them.
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As rumor spread of the
Romonons' prosperity,
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more travelers from
the surface came to visit.
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So, to welcome those they deemed
a benefit to their society,
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they created the Serpentback Road,
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a path that only the worthy could travel.
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And so that the unworthy
who could not traverse the road
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could never reach Romonon,
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they engraved the cave with a maze spell.
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The city of Romonon grew ever
more beautiful and prosperous,
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and its people ever more
haughty and exclusive,
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until one day...
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when the Romonons began to turn
their judgment on each other.
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Those deemed to be without merit were
forced to exchange their flesh and blood,
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and, through magic, be turned into
gold statues to decorate their city.
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Soon after, just as stagnant
water becomes foul,
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the closed-off Romonon society
became plagued by malaise.
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Internal feuding made
its people tired and weak.
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In the end, it is said, it collapsed
under the weight of its own gold.
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Now all that remains is the labyrinthine
cave and the Serpentback Road within.
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Humans are terrifying creatures.
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Equally terrifying is how few of us
realize what we're capable of.
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But Master...
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You said magic exists to
make people happy, right?
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It's a power used to help people
and bring color to the world, right?!
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If you witches of the future
believe that, then...
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Yes, I'm sure it will be.
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But...
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This magic might create an
unhappy result for our meal today.
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Oh, no! It's burning!
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Ow, hot!
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It's edible once you
scrape off the burned parts!
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So good!
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Magic is a power to bring
color to the world...
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So good!
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Hey, Brushbuddy, have some!
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I hope that's true.
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What a big bone!
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I truly do.
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Well, how will you proceed?
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As test proctor, I can't give
any more advice past this point.
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The Shadow of Romonon
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It's twisty, but it's
still a single road ahead.
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It's easy.
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Just fly through and—
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Look out!
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They're standing sideways?
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Is that your spell?
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No, it's the magic of the road.
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Orientation is all
topsy-turvy in this cave.
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You can only stand straight
when you're on the serpent's back.
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If you step off the road, you'll fall
into the labyrinth of the grander cave,
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and eventually end up
back at the entrance.
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Hang on...
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These serpent-scale paving stones...
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Are they all casting seals?
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But they're cracked and worn in places...
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I didn't realize that my first
time through and fell off.
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Th-The right answer here is a spell
from the Basics of Casting Primer...
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I know the one.
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Water flows, directed by gravity.
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It stops when it reaches level ground.
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If the only places that are level
are places where the seals are intact,
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the pooled water will indicate
where it's safe to step.
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You got it totally right!
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You really live up to the Arklaum name.
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E-Even on my second time
through, I didn't realize...
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The "right" answer...
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The "right" spell...
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The "right" path...
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Always sticking to what's "right"
is what I don't want to do.
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Hey now, Richehlette.
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Look at you, drawing more
of these worthless spells.
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You'll never become
a proper witch like this.
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Why can't you just do
what your master tells you?
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These ridiculous scribbles...
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Throw them out!
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I don't want to.
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They're not scribbles.
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These are my spells!
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I don't want to throw out who I am.
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Which means...
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This way. Come along.
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I know the way through,
but the myrphon won't follow.
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Come on. I don't want you falling off.
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Just follow me already.
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Don't try to win me over with
your cute little mannerisms!
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B-But...
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The mannerisms are important.
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Myrphons vocalize to
communicate with each other.
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So the right answer to get them to follow
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is to use an echoing spell
that mimics their cries...
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There's no "right answer" with magic.
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There's no rule saying
it has to be some way.
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The myrphons...
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You may have taken this test before,
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but I wish you'd stop blathering
on about "right answers"
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and telling us what to do
before we even try.
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I want to be myself.
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I don't want to become
a witch who isn't me.
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So I'll reach the end of this
road using only my own spells.
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Richeh...
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But... you can't.
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That's just not how the world works.
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And this is a test,
so it has "right answers."
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We're apprentices,
and inexperienced, and children,
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so we have to do it by the book...
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If I don't, I'll fail again.
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That's just how a test—
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That's exactly the kind
of talk that I hate!
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But if you use a spell that hasn't
been tested, it could fail...
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If I do it so it'll work, it'll work!
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That's too reckless!
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Learn from your failures,
and it becomes knowledge.
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Knowledge that fuels future success.
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I happen to know someone
who learns that way.
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Do things your way, Richeh.
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It doesn't matter to me.
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I don't need your permission
to do that, Agott.
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What's that sound? The water?
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M-My master tells me every day...
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"You can't do it."
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"It's beyond you."
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I agree with him.
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So... I've studied how other
people do things instead.
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But I guess I really can't do it.
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Because this is Romonon...
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It's a road created to prevent
the unworthy from entering.
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Coco? What's wrong?
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Master Qifrey, are there
other witches here today?
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Kukrow left, so I don't think so.
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Why do you ask?
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I thought I saw a robed
figure over there just now.
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Coco?
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But of course there's no one here, right?
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Coco!
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Right! On my way!
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The water drops off and
winds in the strangest ways...
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The casting seals that
maintain orientation
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have no effect over the gap in the road.
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We have to find our own way across.
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Richeh?
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The casting seals only work when
we're standing on the stones.
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So we just have to extend
the stones to the other side.
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Like this.
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Sh-She's riding a ribbon made of stone?!
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There.
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If there's something you can't do,
change the method to something you can.
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She has a point.
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Th-That's not safe!
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You can't...
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A combination of repetition
and replication spells...
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It makes for a narrow path,
but it really worked!
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Agott!
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I'm okay!
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It's hard to draw clean lines under my
cloak, so the spell faded quickly.
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I still have a long way to go.
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I have to work even harder!
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You did well.
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It was easy.
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Looks like it's your turn.
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I...
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I just can't do it!
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I'm not cut out for this!
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I don't have any talent, courage,
confidence, aptitude, skill... nothing!
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And with the road broken,
I don't even have luck!
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I'm going to fail again!
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Oh, come on.
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You've already demonstrated
incredible analysis and knowledge!
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If you've done this twice before,
put that experience to good use!
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Just draw a spell already! Anything!
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The myrphon cry spell?
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A rain spell to make puddles...
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Why are you using spells for
problems we've solved already?!
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You need something new to cross over!
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I-I can't draw.
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What?
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M-My...
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M-My hands won't stop shaking.
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I-I've never been able to draw
right when someone else is watching.
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The thought of their eyes on me
makes me start to sweat and tremble...
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Then I mess up the lines,
and the spells turn out awful.
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I want to do something about it...
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but I feel so helpless.
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A-And the more people see me
panicking, the worse it becomes.
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This time, I thought,
I'd be able to make it.
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I prepared, I studied...
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I drew all the "right answer"
spells in advance.
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If I'm alone, I can
concentrate and draw right.
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We're not forbidden from bringing
our palm quires in with us.
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So I only need to close
the circles to cast the spells.
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It would look like I was doing it right.
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But I didn't expect a gap in the road.
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I've been punished for not doing it right.
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Why am I always like this?
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You said you want to be yourself...
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but I wish I could stop being me.
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I wish I could be literally anyone else!
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This test is about whether you can
cast spells in front of Outsiders
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without being caught.
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Unfortunately, at this rate,
he'll never be able to pass.
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You can do it.
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You can do it just as you are.
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You said the answer yourself just now.
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Didn't you realize?
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If you can concentrate and draw when
you're alone, then be alone right now!
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Um...
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But how?
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However you can!
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Magic can make stones
grow or make rain fall.
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You should be able to make
all kinds of spaces to be alone!
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I-I can't draw a spell like that.
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Then don't use a spell!
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I-I can't figure that out on the spot...
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I... I...
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Come on!
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Don't interfere.
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I hate this, I hate this! It's the worst!
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I must look so pathetic.
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This is the only thing I could
come up with on the fly...
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It's so pathetic, I could cry!
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I'm sure they're disgusted by me...
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They might be laughing.
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I p-probably look ridiculous...
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I-I really must look so stupid...
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The proctor's probably
disappointed in me, too.
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They're not laughing.
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No one's disgusted, or laughing,
or making fun of me.
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No one but me.
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Make it something you can do,
and you can do it.
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I get it. The only one casting
a curse to sabotage me...
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was just myself in the mirror.
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Mirror...
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Right here... No, here?
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The casting seal in the
Mirror Cloak of Borrowshade...
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It's not a mirror so much as
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an application of signs of
concealment and reflection.
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It conceals the wearer and
makes them into a "shadow,"
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then projects an image of a beast
reflected in its scales.
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That's amazing.
The spell is so layered...
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Oh, but then I... maybe...
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What is it?
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Euini!
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Stay there!
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I'll erect a wind barrier!
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A Romonon trap?
Or an ancient, unknown spell?!
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I-It's okay!
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This is my spell!
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Euini?
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You...
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What happened to your cloak?
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When I ducked inside, I could
see the casting seal inside it...
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I erased just the "mirror" part
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and made it just a "cloak of borrowshade."
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Now I can hide in the dark
and draw what I need to.
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The myrphon can't see me now, so it
might be harder to bring it along,
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but I still have the sound
spell to mimic its cries.
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All that matters is that it
can't tell I'm human, right?
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Well, technically.
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Being hidden means being alone.
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Now I can concentrate and not
worry about people looking at me.
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I think I can draw like this!
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I-It's a little embarrassing
to do it this way,
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but I think...
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this might be who I am.
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You don't want to not be yourself anymore?
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Yeah. A little less, anyway.
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Next time, don't just say
you can't do it right away.
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You're not worthless at all.
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I-I might still say it...
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B-But I'll work hard to keep that
from being the last word.
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U-Um...
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Thank you, Richeh.
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I thought you didn't have any
interest in other people.
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He saved me first. Now we're even.
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Besides...
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The feeling of not being
able to do what you want to...
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I understand it, too.
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It's natural to be frustrated
when you can't do something.
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That's what lets us improve.
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I'm going to become a
better version of myself.
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I could never love an inferior one.
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The purpose of tests is
to learn about yourself.
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There's only one path forward, but the
spells we draw along it are all different.
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We all search for our own way,
and use it to walk the path ahead.
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Over and over again.
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See? Tests aren't that bad, are they?
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But...
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Until Master Qifrey apologizes
for lying and making me take it,
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I'm still gonna be mad.
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He's earned an Angricheh point.
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An Angricheh point?
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Oh, right. Speaking of Qifrey...
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Lately, has he mentioned—
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Master Alaira!
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Miss Alaira!
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The Brimmed Caps?!
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The Brimmed Caps?!
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Listen, everyone!
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Don't listen to anything
the Brimmed Caps say!
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Don't be led astray!
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Run away as fast as you—
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Forbidden magic is—
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Miss Alaira?
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Episode 13:
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Forbidden Magic