Mathena shrugged her shoulders. "That’s true. My magic is like the meat of the coconut, but whatever Rue gave me is the milk. The issue is that the milk has soaked into the meat in some places.I need to examine those places, try to extract the milk, and isolate it."
"They’d kill you trying to get Rue’s magic, wouldn’t they?"
She twitched. "They will simply take bites of meat in order to get the milk. Yes, they would kill me." For a moment, she went silent, her head dropping a bit. "I don’t know if there’s a way to get the foreign magic out of me without killing me anyway."
"The priority of magic isn’t really my strong suit, but we have Micah on our side. If anyone can figure out a way to do it, it’ll be him."
She said nothing in response, so he reached out and took her fragile, warm ha
