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When you were a kid, you lived with your grandmother in the small town of Silvertree, on the edge of a magical forest. Grandma is a witch, and she taught you how to use your magic to affect the natural world, too. “Magic is a part of you,” she always told you. “Learning how to use it means figuring out who you are.”

Now you’re 19 and on your own. After years of living in the forest while you perfected your witchcraft, you’ve returned to take care of your grandmother’s house and crow-familiar while she’s gone. Figuring out who you are feels more important than ever - not to mention, figuring out what Silvertree is. A lot is just as you remembered: the friendly generous next-door neighbors with a kid just your age, the proud town council, the quaint little shops with quirky punny names, the gentle shadowy forest full of magic.

Stone in the shoe

For a little while, you and Zoe chat about your first day in town, and as time goes by, the light from the window gradually starts to fade. Eventually, you think it's about time for you to leave; when you tell Zoe this, she gives you a smile.


"Thanks for bringing those flowers," she says, and you think she really means it. "I still say we should swap gardening tips sometime."


"Me too," you tell her, smiling as well but with a strange feeling of…guilt? It takes you a second to realize you almost feel bad for your grandma. While she's away doing who knows what, you're here making plans to exchange gardening tips. Still, you pull yourself together, and remind yourself that no one can replace Grandma. And after all, she wouldn't have sent you to live in town if she wanted you to stay locked inside all day, never speaking to anyone else.


With that, you decide to say goodbye, and at last you make your way back through the bustling house.


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