Mazes of the Mind…
Theron looked down at the small booklet in his hand.
When he got to the section that the young Teran was talking about, Theron immediately sensed something odd. The book there was a facade.
At first, he thought that he had actually been tricked and was about to admit his defeat. But when he touched the actual book, things changed.
The current Theron was incredibly sensitive to Water Mana, but that control itself had begun to bleed over into neutral Mana as well. When he touched the book, it felt like he was fighting against two competing streams of influence, the first very obvious, and the second so subtle it was hardly detectable.
When Theron cross-referenced with the cipher, he realized that there was another layer of code hidden within it as well that matched up with what was happening across from him. But it, too, was very subtle.
Theron didn't really know why this would be. Weren't there better places to hide things than a public library?
