I noticed the faintest hint of yellowing on the leaves of many of my trees, fall has begun. I know from experience that I will start to become a little more drowsy as the trees lose their leaves, what I don’t know is how bad it will be, I have never been this connected to them before.

I hung out with Talus today, it seems we’re going to keep her around for a while. It’s cute watching her squeal about the smallest things.

She went head to head with Mest today, and she didn’t lose too badly. They fought away from the tree line out in the fields surrounding it so nothing could get too damaged. The fight itself was spectacular, the flashes of Talus’s fire accompanied by the assortment of magical tricks Mest put to use made for a brilliant light show. Mest gave the impression of someone with a deep, methodical understanding of his craft, while Talus was, primal, for lack of a better word. Where Mest used his magic as a very flexible tool, Talus used her fire as a limb. While Mest seemed to be able to know where to look to find dangers, Talus didn’t even have to notice them to avoid them.

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My opinion of them was that they are polar opposites in terms of fighting styles, and Mest agreed with my thoughts saying ‘she fights with emotion and instinct, Thes would make a better teacher for her than I’.

I hope it’s not too obvious, but I think I have a crush on her. I hope I don’t embarrass myself, I’ve never been good at hiding my emotions. Now that I’ve written that I hope no one reads my diary.

As for teaching and working on the armor, I am more or less done teaching the Ents everything I can and I have managed to cut the total mana consumption of the armor in half. I have managed to more or less perfect the mechanisms that allow it to be remade after the armor is shed. Overall I think I can cut the mana cost of it down to about a fourth of what it currently is, pretty negligible considering it’s something you’ll be able to prepare in advance.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.