Earn the Right

Dakshana paused. “I - but those shadows were -”

“An accident? A once-in-a-lifetime event? I assure you, child, they have been around for many lifetimes, more than I have lived.” The old man smiled. “With the power that shadow prince gave you, you could unlock the gates to worlds untold in order to shape this one.”

Dakshana sat back. “I - no. Even if I have this power, it was given to me as a trick. A fluke. I have no right to use it as you suggest.”

The old man hummed thoughtfully. “Perhaps you’re correct. Earn the right, child.”