Chapter 4
About an hour earlier, Cory had sent him outdoors, saying he had some personal business to tend to and that he could see Driz was exhausted. At least the latter was completely true. Driz sat, elbows on knees and chin in hands, gazing almost unseeing at the panorama before him while he pondered on his master. Cory had the ability to lurk behind a blank expression totally concealing his feelings. Driz had seen it a lot the past few days. The mage also seemed able to shut out any distraction and give his complete self to a thought, action, or purpose.
Of course, such were attributes of a skilled sorcerer, a magnificent mage, or a proficient wizard. Driz despaired of ever learning equal skills…perhaps with enough time, he might. As badly as he needed the critical answer, he knew be
