“We can’t do it here,” Damien explains, finally on board with my plan. “We must go to a safe space where I can teach you to cast a portal spell. It doesn’t hurt if you watch me as I cast a portal to where we are going.”
“Thank you.” My words are almost silent. I’m so happy I will finally learn something useful. I get up to stand beside him when he casts the spell.
Damien picks up several stones from his pockets and sets them in a circle. Then he mutters something I can’t catch before pouring tea in the middle of the portal. A rushing sound of water fills the room. The excitement is a rhythm in my chest.
“Any liquid can make a portal,” Damien continues his explanation after casting the spell. He rises from the crouched spell position.
“Water is preferred. As you can see, it’s harder to
