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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

You don't spend too much longer talking to Nic, who seems ready to get back to work. Soon, you wave goodbye and make your way out of the busy, noisy mass of people.


When you find a little clearing, you can see that Tobias is still pretty busy with Maxie and their little dog arena.


With that in mind, you set off away from the busyness of the market towards the cool air and empty space by the fountain.


As you come near the stage, set up just in front of the fountain (where there's a sizable crowd all sitting or lying on the grass), you see that the two musicians are a man and a woman, both wearing bright, loose clothes that flow in the breeze. Both are holding acoustic guitars, but only the woman is singing at the moment, her strong, deep voice resonating with the man's guitar accompaniment.


You can't quite make out all the words, but as you stand by the stage, hearing the water from the fountain trickling in the background, you can hear just enough to tell that she's singing a song about swimming down a long, slow river. The song has a slightly sad quality to it, but the steady plucking of guitar strings keeps it moving. The overall effect is:


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