"You know," Blossom says. "You don't have to pull metal out of the ground. There are plenty of places to buy it, nearby."<br/><br/>The next month passes quickly; exhausting, for him, but certainly enjoyable. By the end of it, he even likely feels he has some good control over his magic. It's still rough, but he can get his spells in the basic shapes he wants. Unfortunately, his peace is disrupted when he is informed that he is being attached to a diplomatic mission to intervene between a pair of armies that are clashing on the periphery of a faerie stronghold. He's being attached to a diplomatic party, to serve as a combination bodyguard and enforcer, so he won't actually have to be involved with the social niceties. He's welcome to bring along whoever he wishes, though the diplomat encourages him to only bring one, maybe two companions at most.