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However, once his turn came, Merlin simply smiled at me affectionately from the other side of the portal. “Don’t get discouraged, you will master this ability as you have done all the others. I have other matters to attend to, but I will see you again soon.” With that said, he dropped his hands and the portal opening collapsed. We walked back to camp and had lunch in silence. I was mentally drained from my numerous failed attempts at opening a portal so I was not up for more magic lessons, but I had missed my morning training session with Lochlan and my body was buzzing with unused energy. It seemed he had his own frustrations to work out as he was happy to oblige my request to train so we spent the next hour sparring until my body was limp with exhaustion. When I sat down for our evening
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