Chapter Fifteen:
Kai never thought he would miss the daylight so completely. Each passing rest period only served to drive his mood deeper into the darkness. The tunnels remained a constant state of cool, not warm. Over the winding travels, his body ached from the ever-present damp chill. Let us find the sun, and I will never take it and warmth for granted ever again, he thought. He shivered in response.
A decent mage should be able to cast a simple spell. Any jape would do. Never fear the cold, or darkness or monsters that wandered these endless tunnels. A proper mage should be able to. Kai didn’t consider himself competent.
The finer points of magic eluded the healer. The stones Tito gave him offered a limited opportunity to practice when he made the time, but his spells remained woef
