Mind Over Matter Festival Over the next few years, I devoured all of the information I could find on the Teuton people, on their history, on their traditions, on their gifts. Discovering my Teuton blood became the catalyst that spurred my recovery from the depression that had hampered me since I had lost Dane. I began taking solitary walks on the grounds, imagining that I could speak to him in the realm of nature, that he may somehow hear even though he had left the mortal world behind. I told him everything that I had learned, and when I went to the stream to practice with my ice, I celebrated my victories and laughed at my failures with him. After Hans taught me how to give my ice full control in order to set my spirit free, I pretended that Dane and I could dance together as Teuton spi

