28 I didn't tell Jack or Grandpa about what happened. Grandpa didn't even know what I saw the first time I tried talking to father's ancestors. As for Jack… Was there a point in worrying him? Necromancy was illogical. Unscientific. Sure, all other magic was too, at some levels, but at least I could see it, sense some logic behind things, calculate different variables. But seeing the dead? No, it's better to keep it quiet. Because, despite the general's threat, neither of them appeared in my dreams. My dreams were as quiet and unmemorable as they always were. And I was busy enough with everything else. So I just wrote a letter to father telling him I did what he asked for, and a separate letter telling mother it's normal for boys to fight. The unnatural thing is when light magic

