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the neighboring farms, from
what she tells me,” he explains.
    “I’ll be out in the workshop if anyone needs
me,” he says.
    “Okay,” says Roland as he picks up his axe
again and commences splitting logs into firewood.
    Rather than going directly to his workshop,
he heads for the crystals that were left out in the forest from the
day before. He goes to the one off by itself to see if the glow
still remains after being deactivated all night.
    When he at last finds it, he can still see
the glow within and it looks to be just as strong as it had the day
before. It hadn’t been exactly full to begin with. Maybe the more
power it has, the more it will lose and once it reaches a certain
level it doesn’t lose anymore? Going to have to see if that theory
is sound or not.
    Feeling really good about the whole thing,
he replaces the crystal back down where it had been. May as well
leave it to see how it behaves over the next couple days. Now to
the other ones.
    He can easily tell where the other two
crystals were left. Before he even gets close, he can see where the
withered area has grown much greater than it was the day before.
Where there were two distinct areas, now there is but one. The two
areas surrounding the crystals have grown together and expanded
further out.
    Everything within a foot of each crystal is
completely dead. Both have a deep crimson glow and look to be
filled to capacity. Canceling the spells, he bends down and picks
them up. They don’t feel any different, still hard and feels like
their weight hasn’t changed. He puts one back in his pocket and the
other he takes over to where the first one lies. He sets the
crystal down next to it, figuring to come back the next day and
compare the two to see if the one with more power will lose it
faster.
    Going back to the workshop, he takes several
crystals out and casts the leeching spells upon them, the ones that
will only draw minute quantities at a time so as not to kill the
vegetation. He also adds the signature spell to each to make sure
they won’t leech from each other. Unless there are special
circumstances, he’ll always incorporate the signature spell.
    He prepares four separate crystals and then
takes them out to the forest, placing them in different areas. In
the morning he’ll see what kind of effect they leave on their
surroundings. If he’s done this right, there should be very little
in the way of noticeable withering of the surrounding
vegetation.
    When he returns from the forest he goes over
and helps Sean with the chicken coop. Miko and Fifer are already
there helping him. They’ve finished the initial framework and were
starting the roof when he joins them. By the time the evening meal
is ready, they’ve nailed the last of the roosting boxes securely to
the walls.
    Ezra steps out to call them in for dinner
and notices that the new chicken coop is finished. Coming over, she
nods her head and says, “Very nice. Yes, very nice indeed. Thank
you.”
    “You’re welcome,” Sean says to her. Then to
James he says, “I better get over there and see how they’re doing
on the house.”
    “Shouldn’t have messed it up too much,”
James says with a grin.
    “They’d better not have messed it up at all
if they expect to go home tonight,” he tells him as he heads on
over.
    Fifer just laughs as he and Miko go and get
cleaned up. James follows them and they’re soon sitting at the
table having their dinner.
    James tells everyone about the meeting with
the town council and he hears angry muttering from the ones who’ve
been standing out at the road keeping everyone away. “It’s bad
enough now,” Jorry says. “Today alone I had to turn away at least
seven people, some took it okay. Others got downright angry at not
being able to talk to you.”
    “What do they want?” he asks.
    “Most won’t tell me, others are just stupid
things,” he replies. “One woman wanted you to remove a wart and
another is sure that someone has put a