The next morning I went to check on Austin. I knocked on his door and waited for him to answer. “Hey Jez. I’m exhausted.”
I chuckled. “Yeah you’re lucky you’re not in a coma after what we did yesterday. Quay got here just in time. Did you try to use your magic? Is it all gone?”
Austin smiled. “Yeah, it’s gone, I can’t use it at all. It feels good…” His smile faded. “I think… it’s weird right now but I’ll get used to it. It is what I wanted after all.” He looked behind him at the staff. “All my mana is in there. I’m gonna keep it around for a while until I’m ready to sell it.”
I didn’t like the idea of that. “You’re going to sell it?”
“Yeah, what’s the point of it being around if I’m not going to use it? It could make a lot of money selling a staff like that.” He was right, staffs that
