>>5267369The Novice tuts and hisses lowly.
“Such sass, now that you have been acknowledged by authority as more than a medical curiosity,” she notes. “You are on your way to the Library of the Clerics next, are you not?”
“I am,” you acknowledge.
It was your next stop-off: to find manuals, tomes, and scrolls which you can study from, keeping up your meditations and your spell-studies as you travel, so as to grow your mind and strengthen your dragon-soul.
“Then,” the Novice says brightly, daring to meet your steely gaze, “you will benefit from a scholar with actual training, tutelage, and experience, will you not? This is actual STUDY, oh Degenerateborn. If you wish to make progress—to ever learn more than a single spell—you cannot simply sit silently thinking about Silkscale tail while your ‘elder brother’ gorges himself. You will need a TEACHER.”
The female’s dark eyes catch the light of the forge and the sparks of the hammer and anvil which even now work on your commission. Her eyes shine with excitement and an eagerness to prove herself—to you? To her father? To herself, maybe?
Do you accept her offer?
>No—you will select your own spellbooks, and teach YOURSELF, as you always have>Yes—you will allow the Novice to choose the tomes and manuals, and perhaps even accept her tutelage>You will take her advice… And seek a DIFFERENT tutor to accompany you, and to teach you his discipline>Write-in 