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"Your grandpa's right," Jack said when I came back home to complain about grandpa. "You need to learn dark magic from somebody, and you could as well use Major Craen, since he's volunteering."
"I kind of expected you to say it," I said, leaning on his shoulder.
"Then why did you tell me?" he asked.
"Because I wanted to see if we thought the same thing. I guess it is the most reasonable choice. I still don't like it."
"It's not like you can kick him out," Jack said. "He's been imposed by the magic tribunal, and if you disobey, they would block your magic."
"Why do you always have to be so reasonable? Sometimes I just want to, you know, wind down. Release my feelings."
"If you want to just release your feelings," Jack said, "You should restart training. You haven't been getting any
