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Chapter 177

The memories blurred again and the spark holding Kel's ragged image slipped away in the floor. I saw other crystalline images of children, all of them bedraggled, dirty, and seeking him out with each new caravan of survivors.

"They all had mind magic," said Gus's thoughts. "Not only did my hair and eyes make me stand out, but the fact I was a publically accepted 'dark' magician made them see safety in me. Mind magic is unique out of all the magics in that it's apparent from the moment they're conscious rather than showing up with puberty like the others. Children born with mind magic are naturally sensitive to other people's emotions and, at some point, instinctually reach out with their magic to touch other's minds. That is usually when their lives take a turn for the worse."