Days and nights melded together as if there was no gap between them. Sleep was a luxury that Sean wasn’t allowed during the night. It came in the early hours of the morning or the late hours of the night. Waking up at what should be way past three o’clock in the afternoon was also a regular occurrence. And that was a good thing, he supposed. He was always an insomniac back when everything was normal.
Then again, there was no way to not get exhausted lately.
He often pushed himself too far in his pursuit of studying and today was one of those days, very much like his time back in high school and university.
His subject this time was different, though. This was Magic and that meant something grandiose and great. Something that Sean once viewed as fantastical was now starting to seem very much like everything else he studied.
It was starting to seem like a subject in school, especially with the tone that it was taught within the Spellbook.
Good thing that he liked studying.
Opening the Mind —the last topic in the first chapter, on the other hand, took a drastic turn. It was very much like a non-fiction book about success now, complete with references he barely understood and oversimplifications of what the future held for him.
When pursuing the true nature of Magic and the manipulation of fundamental laws of the world, it is of essence to open one’s mind and to be ready to accept all that is known of it. Curiosity is a virtue but doubt is not. By all means, go on and search for answers to questions that have yet to be answered, but remember that the ones that get the answers often do so at a great price. It is our solemn duty as fellow Practitioners of the Arcane Arts to respect their sacrifices and to use their discoveries to their utmost potential.