Jessie sat through Michael’s lecture with wide eyes the entire time. She had asked him to repeat himself several times already, but she just couldn’t grasp the concept that he was attempting to teach her. She was going to perform symbols without seeing them. How was that possible?
“Just one more time, please,” she asked.
“Agin? Really?”
She nodded, staring at the mice. “Yes, again. You just taught me how to use symbols, and now you’re saying that I don’t even need to use them? And that somehow I’m going to enhance the abilities of these mice? I mean, I know this is magic and all, but there is a science to using magic. You’re asking me to throw that all out of the window and do something that doesn’t make any sense.”
Michael frowned at her before slowly nodding. “Jess,” he began. “Do
