Masked contestants very often won the competitions, which explained why so many sycophants like Brett were willing to throw their own pride away to get into the good graces of someone who had even the slimmest chance of becoming the next Light and Shadow.
Matt and Liz both found the behavior pathetic, but they expected to inevitably attract their own hangers-on as Quill and Torch rose in fame.
Leaving the crowd behind, Quill made his way back to Sally’s enchantment shop and started flipping through the talismans that he had taken an interest in yesterday.
After pulling out the more specialized versions, he took a moment and tried to peer into the enchantments she had imbued into the parchments.
As he expected, her obscurement runes blurred the details too much for him to discern exactl
