Lacey I stared at the girl. I felt the darkness bubble like it heard people mentioning it. How would you know anything about how I absorbed the darkness? “Well, there is only one way to absorb darkness from plant magic, and that is to symphony it from someone who it was used on with bad intentions.” “The reason someone uses plant magic plays a big part in what it turns into. If you use it for pure things — to help, to heal, to grow, for beauty — it shines bright. If it is used for evil, for selfishness, for power, it can quickly turn dark, rotting on the inside. Especially for someone as powerful as you are, it is an all-you-can-eat buffet, feeding off your power. It can rot you from the inside, changing you into someone who I can see that you are not.” I listened, nodding along as I a

