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rious, partly just to get on her nerves.
'Almost,' she replied in a whisper.
Not before long, the night had gotten so cold that I could see my breath in front of my face. I began to start thinking about my warm bed at home and cursed at how stupid I had been not to bring something warmer to wear. But then again, at least the jumper provided some warmth - I had no idea we were going to travel this far. The grass, wet with dew, was slippery and there were countless times I almost fell flat on face.
Many stars lit up the night sky and even if this journey was going to turn into a complete shambles, at least the view was something to be remembered. It seemed like we were walking for ages until Rhünilde finally came to a stop, and turned around.
From the dim starlight, I could see the outline of our settlement and the lake behind where I had soaked her only hours before.
'It's beautiful,' I murmured quietly as a gentle breeze blew past.
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'We're not here for the view!' Rhünilde laughed, taking her staff and placing it on the grass. She incanted something extremely quietly and I watched as the wet grass around began to dry.
Wait a minute … dry?
I looked down and to my amazement, the ground around us was bone dry, as if the sun had baked it over many hours.
'But I thought …' I trailed off.
'Yes, I thought the magic - or the manna as the priests like to call it - would take a while before I got to use it. I thought if I was to show anyone, it would at least be away from preying eyes. And I couldn't do it in your room because knowing me, I'd have the whole place burnt down by the end! '
'What else can you do?' I asked intrigued.
The full picture was getting clearer; piece by piece the puzzle was being completed.
'Not that much, just simple things,' she said modestly. 'Cast a light, small fire, make things disappear, dry things.' She added the last one with a smile.
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