Lazuli- Crystal Circle pt2-I

You have begun your training. After becoming settled in the Tower, new Circle mages learn to manipulate the visual and auditory senses. Your first task is to acquire the art of sensory illusion. To do this, a comprehensive knowledge of the mind is essential. Study hard and practice harder to master this most basic of dark magics.

No matter how much he adored his time in the tower, that didn't change the fact that he was basically in a much taller, much more exclusive library. The reading was mandatory, and no matter how much he asked, Master Hephaeus told him he needed to do the reading himself. "You aren't going to get better by being read to." he would say. Maybe he'd make a spell where the book would read itself to him.