He has to stop for a moment at the unexpected pain in his throat, like the word brother had some hidden barb in it. Without thinking he reaches for his coffee mug and takes a swallow; the bitterness and heat make him wince, but it clears his throat to keep talking.
"My older brother, Tucker. He got into all of it before I did. And one day out of the blue, he just said hey, show you something. And he summoned up this tiny, tiny little water demon, in an empty mayonnaise jar, and then banished it again. And I was like: most amazing thing ever, right? And then he said there was more to it, a lot more, and he ... he showed me which books were the real deal, and how I could use what was in them, and ... "
That smile again, painful and nostalgic all at once.
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He has to stop for a moment at the unexpected pain in his throat, like the word brother had some hidden barb in it. Without thinking he reaches for his coffee mug and takes a swallow; the bitterness and heat make him wince, but it clears his throat to keep talking.
"My older brother, Tucker. He got into all of it before I did. And one day out of the blue, he just said hey, show you something. And he summoned up this tiny, tiny little water demon, in an empty mayonnaise jar, and then banished it again. And I was like: most amazing thing ever, right? And then he said there was more to it, a lot more, and he ... he showed me which books were the real deal, and how I could use what was in them, and ... "
That smile again, painful and nostalgic all at once.
"And that was where it started," he finishes.