Corpus Tamrielicum - The Imperial Library

[30.4] KING EDWARD IV
"Well, it was a trick, in a way. He'd picked up something that came natural to Willow. See,
Willow is different."
"I didn't know Willow could cast!"
"Well, she doesn't have any mana, ordinarily....but she can absorb it if you cast a spell at her,
see. O'course it wasn't much use to her, since she'd never been able to learn what t'do with it
once she got it. Couldn't get it back once it was gone, so she couldn't practice. Until Morelyn
got hold of her and trained her. Well, Moraelyn had figured out pretty much how Willow did
what she did....though it cost Moraelyn mana to do what came natural to Willow. So
Moraelyn sat there absorbing everything they threw at him and burning it off into a big shield.
Drove 'em wild."
"He said the Archmagister could best him, though." Edward suspected that Mith was making
up the whole story.
"Well, so he did, when he finally came. But all the rest of 'em together couldn't do it. And all
Moraelyn wanted was to study with them. We were a sight, the two of us dark elves in our
battle gear among all that white and gold. I felt like a fish out of water, but Moraelyn was
interested in what they had to say....and you can bet they hung on every word he said. Not too
many words at first. After a fortnight or so, he told me one night to tell the Archmagister that
he'd be back in a couple of days. And he shows up with Silk! 'Course he'd been telling 'em
about the Khajiits...and they'd been asking questions."
"The Archmagister's no fool. He just stared at Silk, and she purred real loud and rubbed up
against him and asked 'How ya doin', Archmagister, baby?' The Archmagister kinda pushes
Silk away and says in a whisper, 'How many more?'"
"'Just two, sir.'"
"'What are they?'"
"'Wood elves, sir.'"
"'Just wood elves. Plain ordinary wood elves. No horns, hooves or tails.'"
"'Yes sir. Ah, one of them has an extraordinary Absorb ability with some very unusual
features. The other's just a Bard.'"
"'Very well. You may bring the one with the Absorb. We don't want a Bard! They are not true
mages.'"
"'Well, that's most generous of you, sir, but the Bard's her brother, sir and I swore to their
parents that I wouldn't separate them. So it'll just be the three of us.'"
"'Her brother.'"
"'Aye, a pair of twins.'"
"'You may bring them both.'"
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