This month, we meet a young Air mage questioning his place in the world, an actor-mage who loves language, a Senator pushed into a life he never sought, and a priestess of Minerva making a terrible bargain.

CCLXIX.

Claudius Petrus’s parents let him read anything he liked, crediting the affinity to his patron god. As he approached his manhood ceremony, they considered a studious nature quite proper.