IGUIN, AT YOUR SERVICE. IT WAS NOT OUR INTENT TO BRING ANGUISH TO YOUR HEART LIKE THIS.
AS AN APOLOGY, I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU A SECRET. A WAY TO SAVE THE BOY. THE MEANS TO BREAK THE SPELL. FORBIDDEN MAGIC, DOESN'T IT? BUT OF COURSE.
BESIDES, YOU'D LIKE TO SAVE YOUR FRIENDS, YES? IT IS TIME TO DRAW. BE AT EASE. YOUR FRIENDS NEVER HAVE ut wm ` TO KNOW. SAY A WORD. ALL WITCHES HAVE SECRETS.
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IT MEANS NOTHING IF THE SPELL COMES YOU MUST BE THE ONES TO DRAW IF WE ARE TO—
AND RIGHT NOW I'M STILL BUSY... «+s LEARNING THE WONDER AND TERROR OF MAGIC! THEN ALLOW ME TO SHARE MORE OF BOTH NEXT TIME WE MEET. THIS IS THE SEAL HE USED TO CHANGE EUINI CARE WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DRAW. I’M GONNA CHOOSE WHAT THINGS I DRAW FOR MYSELF.
FOR NOW, IT WOULD SEEM MY TIME IS AT AN END. YOU'LL NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THE Ç ` o wee //' CHILDREN MAS уи Ж . ў ኛ | M SOON. | ይፊ | ДА Es 165
THEY’RE HARD TO MAKE OUT AGAINST THE BLACK FABRIC... BUT МУ CLOAK IS COVERED IN ALL MANNER OF SPELLS. I SIMPLY CLOSE A RING WITH ONE INK-DYED CLAW... BECOMES THE WEAPON OF YOUR DEMISE!! THAT YOU'VE UNCOVERED MY FORM BRINGS YOU NO CLOSER TO VICTORY. PRESTO!
A SHIELD OF FLAME?! YOU HADN'T TIME TO COMPOSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT! I RECOGNIZE THIS SPELL! HMPH. KNOW THAT ALL MANNER OF LIGHT AND HEAT... ove FALL WITHIN THE DOMAIN OF FIRE MAGIC... 167
THAT EVERY FLAME IS MY NOW, SERVANT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO BOAST AGAIN ABOUT YOUR ALMIGHTY WEAPON OF CLOTH? А LITTLE BIRD SAID YOU COULD
SO I WENT AND FOUND SOMEONE WHO DOES. YOU TAUGHT ME THAT, MASTER! ARE YOU CRYING? WHATEVER’S THE MATTER? T STILL DON'T HAVE... vee WHAT IT TAKES TO SAVE YOU ON MY OWN. THERE ARE SOME ADULTS WHO LISTEN WHEN YOU ASK FOR HELP.
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|! І KNOW YOU ARE EAGER, BUT LET US WITHDRAW. РА ЅТОР/! P Э DONT YOU DOWN AND | СА ЖЖ? А DARE FLEE// THINK!! |
WHAT REQUIRES YOUR ATTENTION ABOVE ALL ELSE RIGHT GOOD. GLAD YOU FIGURED COME ON. | ТЕРІ LET’S HURRY EN di THAT OUT. UP AND FIND THEM, MASTER. i` 7፡7 < ` #. / |
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IT'S A CONTRAPTION ο] THAT CANCELS OUT THE τον | EFFECT OF THE SEAL. IF I TAKE IT OFF, I TURN BACK INTO A WOLF. FORBIDDEN SPELL IS STILL THERE. AMI GONNA HAVE MY MEMORIES ERASED? MAYBE IF WE TELL THEM WHAT g. NO! HAPPENED, ABSOLUTELY THEY'LL “3. NOT! EUINI'S UNDERSTAND! αγ THE VICTIM IT’S NOT RIGHT 2. FOR THE ONE WHO GOT HURT TO BE BLAMED FOR IT! ...I HIGHLY DOUBT THE KNIGHTS WILL LISTEN.
AS SOON AS THEY DISCOVER THE SEAL ON HIS NECK... THEY'LL DECIDE HE'S IN VIOLATION AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. AGOTTS Ў RIGHT. THEY PROBABLY I-I DON'T THINK MASTER KUKROW... ve WOULD ACCEPT ME I DON’T LIKE THIS, THINK HE'D D ANYWAY. HAVE ANY ; USE... TROUBLESOME APPRENTICE IN VIOLATION OF THE PRINCIPLES.
IT’S FUNNY. JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS MAKING PROGRESS... L...I'D EVEN BEGUN TO THINK I MIGHT MAKE A GOOD WITCH...IN MY OWN WAY. YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THE MAKINGS OF A GOOD WITCH, EUINI.
YOU FIND ANSWERS AND OVERCOME PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF AND DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP OTHERS. TH-THANK YOU, MASTER ALAIRA.../ SERVE TO HIS BENEFIT? YOU IDENTIFY YOUR WEAKNESSES AND COVER FOR THEM WITH YOUR STRENGTHS. IT’S FAR TOO SOON TO TALK LIKE YOUR FUTURE’S BEEN SEALED OFF. І WON'T LET ANYONE ERASE YOUR RICHEH, PERHAPS YOUR NEWEST SPELL...
| THE SECRET “< ; ; ROOM INSIDE I DECIDED ST е / MY VASE IS TO TRY MAKING | | ^ THERE ARE SOMETHING I ANOTHER WAY ей | ҚУ. TWO EXITS. ONE GOT FROM КІШ IN, TO SEE IF / LEADS TO THE A LONG TIME I COULD GET ή, Ν ATELIER, AND TO MASTER | | THE OTHER ΤΟ OLRUGGIO x CEYAM WOODS. FOR HELP. WINDOWWAYS ARE A REAL CHALLENGE TO MAKE. DRAWING A LARGE SEAL CLEANLY ENOUGH FOR A PERSON TO PASS THROUGH REQUIRES CAREFUL, SEASONED TECHNIQUE. 50 І TRIED DOING IT LIKE THE RAINCLEAVER. BUT LOTS OF THEM, ALL STRUNG TOGETHER... SO THAT THEY HAVE ALMOST AS MUCH POWER AS ONE BIG SPELL. 178
. MASTER TAUGHT ME THAT, TOO. N = «ея ANS. መሠሪያ MEN 522 MOS WR THE LITTLE SEALS I’M GOOD AT DRAWING... гг. CONNECTED IN THE WAY THE SIGN OF MASTER QIFREY WINDOWS SHOWED US... FROM EUINI'S QUIRE... «AND THE SIGIL OF DOORWAYS LEFT TO ME BY RILI. TANN IT’S A SPELL I COULDN'T HAVE MADE ON MY OWN, BUT WHICH COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MADE WITHOUT ME. 179
USE IT TO ESCAPE TO SAFETY. UNTIL WE FIND A WAY TO REMOVE THE SEAL, YOU LL HAVE GREAT HALL BEFORE THEN. SPELL IS FOR YOU. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TOUGH IT OUT FOR A WHILE.
YOU WERE UNDER MY CARE, AND I FAILED TO PROTECT YOU. I’M SORRY ABOUT THAT. | „MASTER ALAIRA/ IT MIGHT FIND A BE STUCK WAY? ON ME WILL I FOREVER. EVER GO BACK TO BEING A WITCH? ኢ ሀሮ ЕСТИ CMON! 4 4 MI BUCK UP! I'LL BE WITH YOU! AN’ I'LL TEACH YA ALL ABOUT MAGIC, TO BOOT! NOW ON, I’M GONNA KEEP YOU SAFE. THAT’S A PROMISE.
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“Бе ΤΗΕ MATS OF WITCH MAT ға,” ል МІТСН?5 CALLING CARD IS THE POINTED САР DONNED UPON THE HEAD. APPRENTICES ARE TYPICALLY EXPECTED TO WEAR THE CAP OF THE ATELIER TO WHICH THEY BELONG, BUT WITH GRADUATION COMES THE RIGHT TO DESIGN AND DON А HAT OF ONE?S OWN. BELOW IS A SELECTION OF THE MANY HATS THAT HAVE APPEAKED IN THE STOKY THUS FAK. 4-7 ° — СОСО'5 MAT FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 2 ES ° p STYLE WORN BY APPRENTICES OF QIFREY’S ATELIER. AGOTT, TETIA, AND KICHEH?^S CAPS ARE ALL OF THE SAME DESIGN. THE WHITE FABRIC AT THE FRONT IS AFFIXED WITH A SMALL GOLDEN RIVET, AND ል TASSEL EXTENDS FROM THE POINT. 4 A — ር => QIFREY’S MAT FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 1 4 ° РР USES THE SAME OVERALL DESIGN AS HIS APPRENTICES? CAPS, WITH THE NOTABLE DIFFERENCES OF THE FABRIC COLOR USED FOR THE НАТ?5 BODY AND, IN PLACE OF THE TASSEL, A LONG RIBBON ATTACHED TO THE POINT. ALAIRA’S MAT FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 3 ва + THE POINT IS ADORNED WITH A DECORATIVE FEATHER. THE LENGTH OF CLOTH LOOSELY WRAPPED ABOUT THE BASE IS REMINISCENT OF A TURBAN AND IS AFFIXED AT THE FRONT BY WAY OF A GOLDEN ORNAMENT. NOLNOA’S MAT ц FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 5 CONSTRUCTED OF А RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, LEAVING IT PRONE TO SLIGHT FLOPPING WHEN LEFT TO STAND ON ITS OWN. THE LOWER PORTION OF CLOTH IS ATTACHED BY WAY OF STRING TIED TO A METAL RING AT THE FRONT. OLRUGGIO’S MAT FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 10 А Е: BODY OF BLACK CLOTH ADORNED WITH PATTERNS IN GOLD THREAD EMBROIDERY. THE TASSEL AT THE POINT IS THE SAME AS THAT ОЕ СОСО?5 САР: MANY YEARS AGO, HIS ORIGINAL ORNAMENT WAS EXCHANGED WITH ΦΙΕΚΕΥ2Ξ. THE ORDER’S MATS FIRST APPEAR IN CHAPTER 11 рар THE CAPS OF THE KNIGHTS MORALIS FEATURE CRIMSON CLOTH, WITH A METAL PLATE AT THE FRONT AND DECORATIVE WINGS AT THE SIDES. THE DESIGN IS EVOCATIVE OF THE SINSINGER, A BIRD OF LEGEND SAID TO APPEAR IN WRONGDOER?’S DREAMS. 4 4:45 : а KUKROW'S МАТ FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 19 N — ММ” THE DESIGN ALSO WORN BY EUINI. A GREEN BODY, DECORATED AT THE FRONT WITH BLACK CLOTH AND A PATTERN IN SOLD THREAD. AT THE POINT IS A METAL RING OF DESIGN SIMILAR TO A DOOR KNOCKER. κ. BONUS ТЕМА = ΤΕΤΙΑ’5 MAT FIRST APPEARS IN CHAPTER 14 Ser rp THE CAP TETIA DREAMS OF MAKING WHEN SHE STRIKES OUT ON HER OWN. IT EXEMPLIFIES HER CONVICTION THAT EVERY SPELL BRINGS HAPPINESS FOR TWO: ONE PERSON THANKING, AND THE OTHER BEING THANKED.
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