“You must have a theory.”
“I would expect it is symbolic,” the dragon said icily. “It may mean that whatever happens, your actions will restore balance between the magics.”
“That’s all well and fine, but I still don’t have a proper answer.” Though Keriya regretted what she’d chosen to ask, she now felt robbed.
“The spring is a physical manifestation of magic: it is condensed energy and nothing more. Timemagic can only show you what is, what was, and what will be. It cannot answer complex and theoretical questions with abstract ideas. It has no imagination. But you can trust it to be truthful, so you have been given a gift.”
“I’ve been given nothing,” Keriya said mulishly. “It cheated me. What it showed me wasn’t an answer to my question.”
“Was it not?” breathed Shivnath. The god’s dar
