Teresa

For the first time since we started persuading the people, we felt the tide shifting. As Lynch stepped away from the podium, the people grew restless.

Some of them clapped, and some others muttered under their breath. But I could hear both sides, perfectly, thanks to heightened hearing.

“Magic destroyed us,” some people maintained.

“No, Oris destroyed us,” others resisted.

“They are trying to subdue us again.”

Keller stepped forward as the voices of the ...