Noah exhaled slowly, some of the weight in his shoulders easing as he nodded. “It’s going well, the girls’ too” he said, voice steadier now. “Marcus only has healing magic right now, but… it suits him. He’s careful with it. Focused.” Noah paused, his head tilting some, then added, “He’s got a healer’s heart. I see it in him every day. Like my mother.”
His gaze softened, a flicker of warmth beneath the tired, beneath the steely weight of his grief. “Evie’s been helping him. She’s a good teacher—clear, steady, and kind in all the ways I don’t always manage to be.” Noah had high standards for his children that he held them to in their archery training, before Cordelia’s death but especially now. ”He listens to her. Trusts her. And I trust her with him.”
He glanced toward the sea, the wind tugging at the edge of his coat and the blond locks of hair that poked out from under his hood. “I think it’s good for him, learning in a way that doesn’t feel like a burden or a weapon. Ravenna and Margot both have magics that can be much more offensively focused. Earth and water.” The girls could train with their magic in ways that Marcus couldn’t, holding and honing the elements as weapons and as supports.
His gaze softened, a flicker of warmth beneath the tired, beneath the steely weight of his grief. “Evie’s been helping him. She’s a good teacher—clear, steady, and kind in all the ways I don’t always manage to be.” Noah had high standards for his children that he held them to in their archery training, before Cordelia’s death but especially now. ”He listens to her. Trusts her. And I trust her with him.”
He glanced toward the sea, the wind tugging at the edge of his coat and the blond locks of hair that poked out from under his hood. “I think it’s good for him, learning in a way that doesn’t feel like a burden or a weapon. Ravenna and Margot both have magics that can be much more offensively focused. Earth and water.” The girls could train with their magic in ways that Marcus couldn’t, holding and honing the elements as weapons and as supports.
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