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BUT THE HARDER І ТКУ, THE LESS PROGRESS I MAKE! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU CAN'T? WHAT HAPPENED? IF I'M GONNA MAKE IT IN TIME FOR THE PROCESSION... ...I HAVE TO COME UP WITH A WHOLE NEW SPELL, AND I HAVE TO DO IT FAST!
I'LL GET А FEW LINES INTO A NEW SEAL AND ALREADY “50 I'LL KNOW IT TRY SOMETHING ISN'T THE ELSE, ONLY ONE... TO FIND THAT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT, EITHER/ THEN I PONDER IF I SHOULD RETURN TO MY PREVIOUS DRAFT! ee 15 STILL BUT WHEN I CHANGE NOT RIGHT! IT AGAIN... I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH, OVER AND OVER! 50 I PULL OUT A FRESH SHEET AND SIT THERE STARING AT IT, AND BEFORE I KNOW IT, THE CLOCK’S bie any SPUN AROUND AGAIN. TO SQUEEZE OUT OF MY BRAIN, THE FEWER COME I DON’T OU CAN KNOW WHAT YOU CAN'T A Жы? TO DO, DRAW SPELLS ` АМ | AGOTT! ANYMORE, YET V ИУ I'M TRYING STACK OF 'EM! Í ( * AS HARD AS , + I CAN, BUT = NOTHING'S WORKING!
IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE CHANCE TO BE IN THE PROCESSION. «І LOSE EVERYTHING AND CAN'T EVEN BE A WITCH ANYMORE?! UM... YOU DO REALIZE— WHAT SHOULD I DO? I HAVE TO GET PAST THIS. PHEW. FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT SHE MEANT... ,, SHE'D LOST THE ART COMPLETELY. IF THIS IS ALL IT 15, SHE CAN WORK IT OUT ON HER OWN.
IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING ІТ, WHY NOT GET SOME SLEEP AND TRY AGAIN IN THE MORNING? SHE NEEDS TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR HERSELF. IT'LL BE GOOD FOR HER. IT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM. AND BESIDES... YEAH. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, AGOTT. NO REASON TO START HANDING OUT ADVICE.
AND BESIDES, IF SHE DOESN'T GET OVER IT IN TIME... AND FAILS TO COME UP WITH A NEW ^ THAT'S ONE LESS WITCH I HAVE TO CONTEND WITH AT THE PROCESSION! I ALWAYS LIKE THIS?!
SOLUTIONS І WISH I COULD HAVE IMAGINED. ONE LESS THING TYING MY MIND UP IN ENDLESS KNOTS. AND YET... SHE FINDS SOLUTIONS I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED. I'D HAVE ONE LESS THING TO WORRY ABOUT. LOOK HER WAY, NO MATTER WHAT SHE'S DOING. SHE HASN'T EVEN MADE THE SPELLS |Т PAST THE SHE DRAWS BASICS. AREN'T TECHNICAL OR CHALLENGING. IF ILET HER BE, MAYBE SHE'LL SINK INTO AND DESPAIR... FINALLY
YOU'RE А DUMMY, АбОТТ! JUST А ВІб, OLD DUMMY! I'D BE FREE ТО CONCENTRATE ON MY OWN MAGIC. OH, FOR CRYING OUT
YOU KNOW WHAT, Coco?! YOU NIGHT THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY WITCH... BUT IT’S SOMETHING WE ALL DEAL WITH! ALL THE TIME!
AND SPELLS OR WHEN LIFE THROWS OTHER PROBLEMS AT ARE THE LAST THING ON YOUR MIND! YOU, LIKE WHEN YOU HIT A DEAD END BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU TRY, IT JUST DOESN'T COME OUT RIGHT! OR WHEN ዝዩ SO OR WHEN YOUR DRAWING HAND FREEZES UP FROM THE PRESSURE AND THE NERVES, AND YOU CAN'T FIND THE YOU 227024 CONFIDENCE TO TAKE BACK CONTROL! AND OR WHEN YOUR “5 FULL OF TOO TO PICK ONE AND GET ON WITH መ IT/ | HEAD MANY IDEAS, IT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE OR WHEN YOU SUDDENLY GET sa әш әош без DES SES: у == < "EE ሆ ፎ ^T EVEN GET ! OR WHEN YOU'RE SO DESPERATE TO GET SOMETHING DOWN ON PAPER, THAT YOU CAN STARTED
IT... IT HAPPENS TO ME, TOO. I GET STUCK AND FIND MYSELF UNABLE TO DRAW ALL THE TIME. = | М | МАУВЕ МОТ EVERY WITCH HAS —< | : | FOR THE ЕХАСТ HER OWN SETOF |= ШІ || SAME REASONS TROUBLES, BUT... D ή. ΤΗΕ FACT IS, SOMETIMES THE YOU WHO WANTS TO SIT DOWN AND CREATE... s GETS UNDERMINED BY THE YOU WHO CAN'T SEEM TO PICK UP THE PEN.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS... ው ጫመ ሃዕሀ ርልዘፕ JUST LEAVE ІТ AT THAT. YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING. TELL ME IT'LL BE OKAY. THAT EVERYTHING WILL WORK "CAUSE I DON'T WELL IT Е KNOW IT'5 / TRUE SOUNDS TO МЕ UNLESS I HEAR LIKE YOU GOT YOU SAY IT. THE MESSAGE! й!
I’M FEELING A LITTLE BETTER. WE SHOULDN’T DISTURB TETIA AND RICHEH. THEY NEED THEIR SLEEP. YOU DO, TOO. BUT IF YOU’RE NOT FEELING TIRED, HOW ABOUT A WALK? I DUNNO ABOUT YOU, BUT I COULD USE A LITTLE NIGHT AIR.
HEY, Coco?
І GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT’S FOR A FRIEND WHO NEEDS MY HELP. AND IF THAT HAPPENS, I WANT TO ASK THE KING FOR A FAVOR. I'LL ASK IF MAYBE HE CAN DO SOMETHING TO SAVE MY FRIEND... AND MY FRIEND'S FATHER, TOO. ሠሃዐህ SEEM TO BE DOING IT FOR SOMEBODY HOW COME YOU WANT TO JOIN THE PROCESSION ALL OF A SUDDEN? 29 НЕ 5АУ5 ІРІ MANAGE TO SELL МУ SPELL IN THE PROCESSION... «ГЫ. HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK IN PERSON WITH THE KING OF THE WHOLE PENINSULA. WHY IS IT THAT WHEN- EVER YOU DRAW...
IT'S ALWAYS TO HELP OTHERS. ^ BECAUSE I'M THE EXACT OPPOSITE. INSTEAD CRAFT A FEW SPELLS JUST FOR YOU? EVERY TIME I SEE YOU CASTING... oe BUT IT’S TRUE. YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE IT YOURSELF... IF YOU'RE STUCK ON A CREATION MEANT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE...
SPELLS FOR MYSELF? HERE. THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE TAKE А LOOK AT THE SIGNS. PRETTY COOL, RIGHT? THIS ONE REPRESENTS 7 x A DRAGON. : сы (my М Cot ቸኛ ፍክ THIS ONE'S А = Ж. AV. GR 4. ЭМ ДА LIONGOAT. A TORCHSTAG. AND ТНАТ'5 A SCALEWOLF. SIGNS LIKE THESE ARE DECORATIVE. THEY GIVE SPELLS THE ROUGH SHAPE OF THE CREATURES THEY'RE NAMED
THERE ARE TONS OF THEN AND UNLIKE THE SO THEY'RE THEY TAKE , FUNCTIONAL NOT SEEN MUCH | | UP LOTS OF - THEY DON'T SIGNS WE ANYMORE. SPACE INSIDE HAVE MUCH LEARN IN THE THEY'RE SLOWLY THE RING. PRACTICAL PRIMER... BEING LOST TO APPLICATION. TIME. THEY’RE MORE ABOUT SPECTACLE THAN UTILITY. MOST WITCHES TODAY ONLY USE THEM IN THEIR OWN PERSONAL DOODLES, IF I LIKE THESE SIGNS. I THINK THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. AND WHEN І FIND MYSELF UNABLE TO DRAW THE WAY I'D PLANNED... «І CLEAR MY MIND AND DRAW THESE SPELLS... „.ЕКЕЕ OF ANGUISH—OF EXPECTATIONS.
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THE DAY WE FIRST MET... «І SAID SOME HORRIBLE THINGS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MOTHER... FOR THE WAY I BULLIED YOU INTO THE TEST AT FOR THE WAY THE DADAH I TOOK OUT MY RANGE... FRUSTRATION ON YOU IN THE DRAGON'S MAZE. I'LL NEVER TREAT YOU THAT WAY AGAIN. I SWEAR IT.
YOU'RE GONNA SAY? NO. 4 WASI YOU DON'T SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING YOU'RE RIGHT. THE THINGS YOU SAID TO ME HURT...A LOT. HAVE TO. IT’S JUST BUT IF YOU PROMISE NEVER TO SAY THEM AGAIN, THAT’S ENOUGH FOR ME. BUT YOU TO BE HONEST, ENDED UP I THOUGHT YOU TEACHING ME WERE PRETTY А LOT ABOUT SCARY AT FIRST MAGIC AND | LIFE АТ THE «AND YOU'VE ATELIER... SAVED ME FROM DANGER SO MANY TIMES. 50 IT’S FINE Р NOW. = = ፻
ARE YOU WELL, IF IT SURE? WOULD MAKE I MEAN... YOU FEEL BETTER... see MAYBE YOU COULD TEACH ME SOME MORE ABOUT THOSE SIGNS YOU SHOWED ME? IT’S NO YEAH. TROUBLE AT ALL. OF COURSE. LOOK AT THAT. JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO...
SHE WAS 50 DISTRAUGHT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO DRAW... ^ YOU'D HAVE THOUGHT THE SC со WORLD WAS aes | ABOUT TO END. IT’S THE — АбОТТ! SILLIEST < 2 WHAT IN THE THING I'VE ፡ WORLD |5 EVER SEEN/ -< 24 THIS SIGN?! HOO-MEW... HOO-MEW... LOOK AT ET "x й IT LOOKS LIKE IT! IT’S SO Ж κ. — ` A GLOWING "EN v И, OWLCAT! IT'S EVEN GOT... WINTER PLUMAGE! г. СОСО IS MAKING MAGIC FOR HERSELF INSTEAD OF OTHERS... гг MAKING MAGIC FOR HER INSTEAD OF ME.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT IF WE WANT THEN TO TRUST US, WE HAVE TO TRUST THEM IF SHE NEEDS OUR HELP, SHE'LL ASK. BETTER TO WAIT FOR THE GIRLS TO COME TO US WITH A NOT LIKE PROBLEM THAN TO THERE'S ANY TRY AND FORCE IT RUSH, RIGHT? OUT OF THEM. WE CAN AFFORD TO l5 THAT WE BE THE KIND OF GROWN-UPS THEY FEEL THEY CAN TALK TO.
vee EVEN WHEN ONE TRUSTS SOMEBODY A GREAT DEAL, AND WISHES DESPERATELY TO CONFESS. MASTER’S TRIBULA- TIONS, HM... ? STILL, THERE ARE SOME TRUTHS... „.. THAT ARE HARD TO BRING UP I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE THAT SAYING GO AGAIN... ? YOU'LL NEVER COMPREHEND A MASTER'S TRIBULATIONS UNTIL YOU BECOME ONE YOURSELF. A POINT... HEY. IF THEY DO HAVE A PROBLEM, HOW BAD COULD IT HONESTLY BE? I SEEM TO REMEMBER A COUPLE OF OTHER PINT-SIZED RASCALS WHO KEPT SECRETS APLENTY BACK IN THE DAY.
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TYPICAL CASE OF PRESSURE LESIONS. ከ COMMONLY KNOWN AS BEDSORES. THEY'RE A PRODUCT OF POOR BLOOD FLOW. IN YOUR CASE, MOST LIKELY FROM THE OUTER LYING TOO SKIN BEGINS TO LONG IN ONE MORTIFY, LEAVING POSITION THE LAYERS BENEATH TO SWELL AND KEEP THE LESIONS CLEAN. I'LL PROVIDE A SALVE TO HELP THEM HEAL, ALONG WITH POULTICES TO KEEP THEM COVERED. ID HOPED WW d R І WAS DOING М b KN AN ADEQUATE POSTURE JOB ZW EVERY NOW ALREADY... ЕИ А | AND AGAIN.
AND BRING EXTRA CUSHIONS HE CAN USE TO PROP HIMSELF UP. THAT CODE BY WHICH YOU WITCHES LET'S GET HIM A DIFFERENT SET OF SHEETS. SOMETHING SMOOTHER ON THE SKIN. REMEDIES, ALONG WITH PROPER CARE I'M SURE TECHNIQUES SO THE WISE ONE WE CAN KEEP WILL REST EASIER THIS FROM KNOWING HIS OWN HAPPENING ATTENDANT IS ABLE AGAIN. TO HANDLE ALL THE NECESSARY TREATMENTS. I'M AFRAID COMPOUNDING MEDICINES WOULD NOT BE... UNFORTUNATELY, SINCE OUR ARRIVAL AT THE CASTLE, I'VE BEEN OBLIGED TO SPEND MUCH OF MY DAYS IN BED. YOU, LAD. COME WITH ME. BEG PARDON, YOUR MAJESTY. YO UNG RILIPHIN IS MY APPRENTICE. NOT MY MANSERVANT.
IF THE TALES ARE TO BE BELIEVED, THE BALANCE OF PEACE THE ESTUS HAS LONG ENJOYED... ››15 THANKS TO SACRED COVENANTS OUR FOREBEARS SWORE TO KEEP OUR CITIES AND RELATIONS AT RESPECTFUL DISTANCE. WE MUSTN'T (GF መርን d THOSE WITH INTRUDE UPON d ὮΝ AC WII MAGIC AND EACH OTHER'S | ; А % THOSE WITHOUT DOMAIN FOR SAKE I < ARE NOT TO OF CONTINUED e Ne. #/ INTERACT, EXCEPT HARMONY... OR SO Ды 1 МА. MA AS STRICTLY YOU CLAIM. Jo Н 4 à NECESSARY.
IT 15 A VERY OLD... see AND VERY DREADFUL SET OF RULES YOU WITCHES LIVE BY. EVEN FOOLISH, I'D SAY. TO THAT END, IT SEEMS MOST REASONABLE TO ME |, NR наўца ТНАТ WE МАКЕ AN en EFFORT TO SHARE /~% SUFFERING OF orpo WHAT WE EACH A PATIENT IN YOU FIND KNOW. МУ CARE IS А МУ LOGIC... TOOL I SHOULD UNSOUND? Wil ENDEAVOR TO ACQUIRE. WOULD HAVE US TEACH YOU ' YOU'VE MADE IT QUITE PLAIN WHAT YOU INTEND TO FOUL TRICK TO DEMAND OF OR IS THAT THE ILL MAN HIS К OFFER IN RETURN PRECISELY WHY RICHES WHILE HE IF WE DO—OR TO YOU CHOSE TO SITS AT YOUR ጽድ WITHHOLD IF WE PURSUE THE DO NOT! HEALING ARTS, O KING OF LIFE?
АМ І ТО ВЕКО МУ KNEE AND PROFFER ALL МУ KNOWLEDGE IN THANKS FOR SUCCOR HMM... CONTROL MASQUERADING AS A HELPING HAND...
ሠዐክ WHICH YOU WITCHES MUST BE VERY WELL VERSED.
THE BALANCE OF POWER MUST BE PRESERVED... . THAT THE SCALE NOT TIP TO EITHER SIDE. THAT І5 A TRUTH I SUGGEST YOU TAKE TO HEART, YOUR MAJESTY. THE COVENANTS ARE NO FOLLY! FULCRUM AND ALL IT BEARS WILL TUMBLE.
7 (í ^e Me С =~ NA (ae ME" wale? > ç IT SEEMS Kea WRF 44 THE WISE ONE NOLO SCHT e IS FEELIN6 OUT OF SORTS. I'LL HAVE TO RETURN ANOTHER TIME. I KNOW BETTER THAN TO ARGUE WITH A CAT WHOSE FUR HAS BEGUN TO BRISTLE. WHY MUST CAT OWNERS INSIST ON SPEAKING OF EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF CATS?! HAHAHA! YOU'LL NEVER FIND A FINER ANIMAL!
MISTAKEN, WITCHES. I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU ARE LOATH TO DISTURB THE BALANCE BETWEEN US. LUTTE Ар 09777 DID AJ : THE RISKS DO NOT 44 ^ 2/2 EST OF RESOLVE ESCAPE МЕ, EITHER. (АННА ТО GIVE A MAN MAGIC AND MEDICINE a POWER AND INTERTWINED WOULD : ASK HE KEEP IT SOON BLUR THE Sa TIGHTLY REINED. BOUNDARY BETWEEN ይ ነ የሪ. LIFE AND DEATH. e. STILL, SUCH CAUTIONS DO LITTLE TO TEMPER HUMAN DESIRE. FORBID A MAN A TREASURE, AND HE ONLY COVETS IT MORE.
W. IMAGINE A MIRACULOUS | POWER THAT DWELLS свету WITHIN... IT WILL MANIFEST SOME DREAM THAT MORNING EVERYONE AS WE RISE FROM BED. AND EVEN AFTER IT DAWNS ON US THAT THIS SHALL NEVER к ВЕ SO... EVEN AFTER WE DESPAIR OVER A DAY THAT SHALL NOT COME... WE FIND THAT OUR HEARTS CANNOT HELP {Xx BUT YEARN... DEM EH Hr: (1 | ጢ Ж N ай Y እ M. \\
«АЕ HIS MAJESTY THE KING D/D SUCCEED IN SUPPLEMENTING... «HIS ALREADY FORMIDABLE AUTHORITY. ^. HOPING THAT MAYBE, MAYBE WE WILL YET FIND OUR MEANS TO RENDER THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE.