Bae could feel the magic that permeated the air. It was as present in the air as the salt that was coming off the ocean. Since her Commencement, her awareness had skyrocketed. Everywhere she went now, she felt new swirling channels of magic, each singing to her, all various hues and colours. Bae had never appreciated how intrinsic the magic was to the Ren's way of life until she had seen it with her own eyes. She now saw how the magic wove its way into every crevice of their existence. There ...