It might be some early autumn afternoon, perhaps the day before the night of the full moon, and in the usual room which he uses to train his apprentice in the ancient arts, where he's already traced out a simplified containment circle on the floor, Muraki is awaiting his student ( Read more... )

It's time the youngster learned to shield his mind properly: it's been a few years since they began and the young man has a firm grasp on the theory. Now it's time he put it into practice ( Read more... )