The final three days of
my time with Chase went similarly, and he continued to help me with
both my physical and my magical training. By the end of the week, I
was proud to say that I had much more control over both my body and
my Heylin powers.
So there I stood,
suitcase in hand in front of Chase just before my departure.
“Thank you,”
I told him. “I know you probably didn’t do this for me, anyway,
but for yourself somehow, but thank you.”
“You are welcome,”
he said. “You realize that the moment you leave here you are my
enemy.”
“I thought I was
the whole time,” I said, smiling for no good reason. Then my
smile faded. “Yet somehow, I…”
Chase looked at me
curiously. “Yes?” he coaxed.
“I trust you,”
I realized, fully aware of how absurd I sounded.
He looked a little
upset behind the mask of hiding his emotions. “In that case,
there’s something you need to know,” he said. “The other
monks have witnessed my true form, yet you have not.” In a flash
of light, his body shifted into that of a giant, dragon-like lizard.
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