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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

Rana hesitates—but after a moment, she gives you a decisive nod.


"Yeah. You're right. It's probably stupid to think we're going to win just because we shout really loud, but even if we lose, we can come back. That would probably be the worst time to give up, right? So yeah. No matter what, we're not giving up."


With that, Rana takes a second to down the rest of her water. It seems as if she's almost ready to get things underway.


"Anyway. I should really get back to…"


She looks around and sees the rest of the group quietly getting on with the preparations. For a moment, Rana looks a little lost.


"Um—I should be doing something, but everyone else is kind of taking care of it," she laughs. It doesn't seem to sit well with her, though, and she fidgets with her water bottle as she looks around another time for something that needs doing. "Um—okay, I'll tell Daniel and Chris to take a break, and then I could—or should I just tell everybody to take a break, and I'll look after the rest?"


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