He opens the book, and dust motes dance in the air. "The crown was created during what we call the Age of Convergence, when the barriers between realms were... thinner.
It was part of a series of experiments with questionable magic."
"If I'm not mistaken that can also be called forbidden magic… the real question here is forbidden by who?" Jay asks from his position near the door. He hasn't relaxed since we arrived, and I can't blame him.
"By the natural order itself," Bastian replies, his finger tracing lines of text I can't read.
"The first witches... they didn't just discover magic. They were given it. By entities that exist beyond our understanding of reality."
A chill runs down my spine as I remember the hybrid's warning about 'the third ones.' "What kind of entities?"
Bastian's eyes meet mine, and there's something like pity in them.