My mother used to say not sleeping was the sign of a guilty mind. It could have been. There was a lot in my mind to feel guilty about. When you__e drunk and trying to sleep, your thoughts are visited by the ghosts of those deeds whose heat still glows hottest in your personal darkness. Our actions burn much longer than the moments in which they occur. And drunks like me, we hide from the glow of the embers by fueling other fires and hiding within the flames.
Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened.Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. __re you directing your magic to the candle?___es. W
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Pushing magic toward the candle, I willed it to light. Nothing happened.Irys made a strangled sound and the candle burned. __re you directing your magic to the candle?___es. W
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