INTRODUCTION
“I wonder what spell could possibly be cast that would allow an ordinary person to mimic your skills. Watching you is almost beyond belief.”
Ryson Acumen shook his head and replied with a laugh. “This said by a wizard that is right now flying over my head.”
Indeed, Enin was quite literally flying just above the tree tops, but the delver’s response was lost on the wizard. Swooping and gliding through the air, Enin continued to peer through the leafless branches as he studied the delver from nearly every angle.
Trying to categorize Ryson’s movements and match them to a potential spell, however, proved much more difficult than flying and even more elusive than the cold wind that blew through the clear blues skies of this day.
Watching the delver closely, the wizard marveled at how Ryson could leap, run, twist and turn basically dance without rest or pause through, over and under the myriad of obstacles the forest presented.
As he often did, Enin began to speak out loud, more to himself than anyone else, as he considered the purpose of his desire.
“So many different aspects, even animal tendencies, I see perfect qualities of nature within you. You move with the grace of so many different animals at once, it would be almost impossible for me to try and match your powers with any spell, or even series of spells, that might match the particular skills of a single animal.
I mean really, you move like a cat but without the predatory aim. You dart about like a fish in the sea, but without the haphazard defensive response. “Sounds like a catfish,” Ryson offered playfully.
