"Not having magic hasn't actually undone what Cole went through. I don't have his magic, but I have his memories of how he was treated because he did. I still lived his life and felt his pain from it. Even without them, Reginald still injured and scarred your spirit. You can't undo it, but it can be healed."

Cole props himself up on his elbows, squinting at the cover. "No. Man and monsters, man is the monster, to deny yourself your whole is to be incomplete, half alive. I know the concepts. I met someone who knew him, I think. The story gave him power."