<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“No, you aren’t. No matter what that old hag said, you are not holding and have never held him back. The only thing that held him back was teachers not doing their job and training you the right way. You couldn’t be expected to know what to do with your power, and they should have helped. Instead they just thought you weren’t worth it and washed their hands.” </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">He turned his head and gave her a kiss on the cheek, a small tender kiss.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff"> “Their loss is my gain. I have two wonderful apprentices, and now that the Illian situation is dealt with we can focus on getting you two ready in time for the next court event.”</span>