The trickster smiled a dark smile as he pulled away from the spider's web. It took some manipulation of the songstress's latent magic, but he had done it keeping Nolaka confined to the howling wolf. He would have to be careful now, least the spirits grow wise to his attempts to tip the scales in his favor. He also feared excessively tampering with the songstress's latent magic, as it guarded many things even. The trickster wouldn't dare disturb within the outer planes where Kurai and Nurai watched over them.

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