CHAPTER 12The next morning, while Mara dressed after taking a shower, she heard Sam and her mother shout their goodbyes as they headed into town to meet with Andrea and to retrieve Ginger the chobodon. For a moment Mara wondered if the animal would take her for its master upon their return.
“Ready when you are,” Ping called up the stairs.
While they had breakfast earlier, he’d told Mara how he would set up for the day’s magic lessons while she got ready for the day. It had been a while since they had sat down together and discussed the principles and concepts surrounding her abilities. Even though she had used them dozens of times in the past few weeks, she still didn’t feel like she truly knew how to wield them. In most cases she improvised when they got into trouble.
She sensed that s
