“It will not help you, Garias.”
“Why my dear Obrett, it already has. The anger feeds us. You have done more than you could ever comprehend. I do not need to focus any longer.”
“Emotions.” Obrett said, realising for the first time what was actually occurring. “You couldn't have. That magic was lost in the distant past.”
“Not to me. Denial is a simpleton's argument, wizard. I found the keys to using emotions in texts long since forgotten.”
“There is no record, or we would have heard of it.”
“Where would you look? The Ducal libraries? All their pretty books for show? Even the mightiest storehouse of knowledge on Thiwa does not rival the collection I have amassed. What do you think is going on around you if not magic that draws on emotions? You know already that a focus draws the unwary t
