“Are we going to be shielded out there?”
“Doing magik?” Tanda asked. “Some, but it might show through.”
I didn’t like the sound of that. The last thing we needed up here was the posse.
Aahz stopped and thought for a minute. “How about in the back library area?”
“That’s so shielded, nothing could get out,” Tanda said.
“I agree,” Harold said. “It would be much safer to do spells back there.”
Aahz indicated I should follow him and again we went around the pile of cow droppings, across the room and through the bathroom to the old library. I had spent so much time in this room already, I really didn’t want to be in here again. Aahz pushed the door closed behind him, then laid the empty paper on top of the desk he had sat at last night.
“This is going to work even better in here,” he said. “I want you to do this in two parts.”
“Give it to me clearly and I’ll try.”
My mentor nodded. “First, we’re going to imprint that ceiling map on this paper.”
I glanced up, then back at Aahz. “Good idea. How do I do that?”
“This part is going to be pretty easy,” Aahz said. “Simpler than flying or doing disguise spells.”
I nodded. I liked the sound of simple at this point. Since I was only getting one try, simple was the best.
“Open your mind, take in the energy as you have practiced, controlling the flow to a medium level.”
“Now?” I asked.
“Now,” he said.
I did as he instructed. Since we had been together I had practiced this so much it had become almost second nature to me. I could do it almost instantly when needed. When we first left my old mentor’s cabin, Aahz had told me that would happen, but back then it had been so hard to do I didn’t believe him.