Edwin leaned against his worktable, regarding the cooling results of his latest experiment. His magical research had been progressing well, although not as well as he'd like. His main, recurring issue was having assistants available to help him at critical points.<br/><br/>Not that he hadn't been trying. He had posted flyers, and even taken the time to post ads in the nearest Mage community papers. Of course, the remote location of his tower, at the edge of the park's forest, tended to keep most apprentices at bay. Combine that with the locals, who tended to be not only magically active, but skilled to boot, left him with few applicants, and even fewer actually suited to what he required.<br/><br/>With a sigh, he pushed himself away from the worktable, and went to the pile of magical tomes he had been referring to lately.