Felix was happy to see Zuri complete the spell with relative ease.

"Good, now think about the staff, feel your aura, imagine yourself 'reaching' into your aura with your hand to grab the staff,  and call out, 'vocāre'" Felix instructed.

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Raiya raised an eyebrow at the notion that Nemo would donate to orphanages. While she didn't exactly fully doubt the notion, she wasn't quite ready to accept the idea either. Something inside her screamed at her that Nemo was her enemy, her roadblock. And in order for this to be true, she needed to believe he was truly evil. She just kept silent while explained it, her facial reactions the only indicator of what she was thinking.

[color=ec008c]"While it is true that we did find the paragon, and yes, the paragon has immense power, and yes the arcanocracy wants it, what does it benefit you to help capture them for Felix? Shouldn't [i]you[/i] of all people desire them for yourselves? Surely one of a kind relics of power like these do not just fall in your lap as easily as this one has. What's stopping you from taking them for yourself and running? Even Felix isn't omniscient, I'm sure you could get away with it, leaving no trace of where you went after."[/color] Raiya suggested.

All this drinking was making her hungry, so she drew a canister of Utz pub mix from her mana inventory, and levitated it to the middle of the table. She took a couple of handfuls of the assorted munchies and began to pop a few pieces in her mouth at a time, crunching the flavorful snackfood with a bit of a ravenous appetite.