Chapter 11“Wow,” Troy said as Markus whistled in astonishment. “That’s quite the story! Everyone knows that magic exists and people can do magic, but I’ve never even spoken to someone who’d spoken to someone who knew someone who could do magic the way you do, Gen. Every noble house has a wizard, or claims to, but as far as I can tell they don’t actually seem to be able to do very much. Powerful wizards must be very rare. Or do they all want to be hidden, like you?”
“Well, yes, powerful wizards, high wizards, do try to stay unnoticed, it’s true, but most wizards don’t actually know what they are. I’ve found a couple of hedge wizards in every town we’ve been to, and a few full wizards over the years. Most of them were members of one noble court or another. It seems to me that about one or t
