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The signs were there for all to see. When he was twelve, for instance, Flaming Arrow went on a forced march through a snowstorm with Guarding Bear. The Heir returned catatonic. For two days, everyone worried about him, wondering if he would emerge on his own. Finally, I hypnotized him out of his trance. Flaming Arrow told me he remembered the beginning of the forced march, but nothing afterward. He had focused all his attention on removing himself from his body, hypnotizing himself into another state of consciousness. Only psychological Wizards achieve such precise control of awareness. It was clear from that incident alone that Flaming Arrow had an abundance of talent, but we refused to see it.—The Gathering of Power, by the Wizard Spying Eagle.
Disguised as a refugee, Flaming Arrow
