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''"Magic!" her mother's cry echoed in her mind. "You want to study magic?  Are you insane? No daughter of mine will be a mage!" Her face turned red with shame, now, as it had then. She had made the mistake of telling her mother of her deepest desire. The very next day her father had told her of his plans to marry her off to some village oaf. "Get her married off and pregnant and she'll settle down." he'd told her mother. She had packed what little she had and left that night.''