It’s not that the wizard in ‘Chosen Reader’ is a bad wizard, in any sense of the term. The apprentice has heard the horror stories about how awful an apprenticeship can be, but this guy? This guy is a solid teacher and mentor. They click, and not in a creepy or co-dependent way, either. Shoot, she could walk out this morning – with his blessing – and ace her journeyman test.
Well. The written part, at least. Incantations require practice until they’re in muscle memory, so that’s what they’ve been working on.
And she’s not gonna keep this secret from her mentor forever. She just wants a chance to do a little of her own research, first. She’d hate for things to get weird.
…Anyway.
Wizards learn early, don’t vocalize every thought that comes into your head.
Would that we had more wizards nowadays.