“Yeah thank you…WAIT, WHAT?!” “Yes Alina, you heard me well. Don’t cultivate your powers any longer. Leave your core as it is,” she said, moving to take a seat at the desk. “What are you saying, Ulsa? You wanted me to cultivate my power…to grow. You even volunteered to teach me, so why are you backing out now?” I practically growled in frustration. “Because Alina, power causes destruction. It shakes the ecosystem. It awakens things…things we don’t want. Things that would only bring us pain.” “But I thought you wanted to be my guardian and…” “No, Alina. I don’t want whatever you are thinking! I don’t want to be your guardian! Neither do I want to help your core grow. What I had earlier…Everything I said to you was just an illusion, a dream that I had to see a pure light made of divi

