The wizard... He beat Enda in Link's place. And he ain't lettin' nobody help her. Says Link gotta learn a lesson.Danny spoke so fast that his words ran together, and before Nairn understood what was happening, the room felt too hot.
He didn't recognize it for what it was; a surplus of magic reacting to emotion. He'd left the table,
Enda's just a kid! She wasn't even there, but he said that Link ain't gonna do it again, if it gets the lil'un hurt—Danny had trailed after Nairn, only to recoil and flee the living room—
From which, smoke filled the air. Eager flames, spreading quickly, Arlathan had yet to perfect keeping their wood wet enough to help proof it against flame. Nairn was retreating from the room, slowly, coughing into one hand as he stared at the room. Flames licking across drapes, spreading quickly through the room. Even if the best of Arlathan's water mages showed up, there was no salvaging the cottage.
Silent, another moment spent staring from his hands to the flames—
—and then he'd turned to search for Megara, shoving Danny ahead of him.
Shit, get outta here, kid.
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