Licking his lips, a wry smile crept back onto his face, and he emitted a dry cackle. "... ehe -- or at least, malformed for any purpose other than the one which is now open to them -- the learning of the magic. A child of the eclipse may be born blind, mute, deaf, wingless, with warped limbs or a deformed body, with teeth that cannot chew or a jaw that cannot close, with a nose that cannot breathe or a tongue that cannot taste..."