{"id":619,"date":"2026-08-17T17:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T22:13:16","slug":"the-spell-he-was-given","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depthguide.com\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"The Spell He Was Given"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tales from the Universe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moral Dilemma:<\/strong> When knowledge is freely given to you by someone from another tradition, does receiving it make it yours to use however you wish\u2014or do some gifts carry responsibilities that ownership cannot erase?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren learned the spell from a woman who repeatedly told him it was not a spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a breathing practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat&#8217;s what a spell is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBreath, intention, result.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat does not make everything a spell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCooking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot a spell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBlacksmithing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMusic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbsolutely not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou&#8217;re very narrow-minded about magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman threw a sandal at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her name was Ama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren met her while traveling through the southern islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had gone there to study medicinal plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the official reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real reason was that his engagement had ended and every street in his home city contained something that reminded him of Lessa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wanted geography to do what courage had not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama recognized this immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou came very far to avoid being sad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe met yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou talk too much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama was a healer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not the mystical sort travelers wrote embarrassing books about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She treated burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Set bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delivered babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Made terrible tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knew exactly which plants caused diarrhea and occasionally threatened rude people with this information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren liked her enormously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breathing practice came after he panicked during a storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were sheltering inside a fishing hut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wind hammered the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren&#8217;s chest tightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His hands went numb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He could not breathe properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama sat in front of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLook.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He couldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She slapped the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He looked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBreathe when I breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She inhaled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exhaled longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His body gradually returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat was that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBreathing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou changed something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith breathing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSpell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama reached for the sandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He practiced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not always.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before difficult conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During storms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When memories of Lessa arrived unexpectedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When his thoughts became too fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren wrote the pattern in his notebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama saw him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRecording it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo I remember.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Eren returned home, he taught it to his brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then a patient at the herb shop where he worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The patient returned a week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat breathing thing helped.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren felt wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWant another?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are more?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren had learned several from Ama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He taught another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soon people began asking for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe breathing man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He hated the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then secretly liked it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began offering evening classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A student asked:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere does this come from?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren answered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe southern islands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That sounded vague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhich island?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren named it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is the practice called?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren hesitated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama had used a word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He could not pronounce it correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So he said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI call it Returning Breath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The student nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren felt something shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ignored it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Classes grew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone suggested charging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople value what they pay for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren disliked the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then rent increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He charged a small fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody objected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He developed a system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five breaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He combined Ama&#8217;s practices with techniques from other teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Added visualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Returning Breath.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stone Breath.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lantern Breath.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People loved the names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren published a booklet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It sold well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three years later, Ama arrived at his class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren nearly dropped his cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She stood at the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Same expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ran to embrace her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She hugged him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then pinched his ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOw.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou made breathing complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren showed her everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Testimonials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People whose panic had improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People who slept better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A soldier who used the breathing to stop himself striking his son during an argument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama listened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren waited for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It did not arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally she held up the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy is your name here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wrote it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou wrote breathing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou wrote this practice?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI adapted it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom what you taught me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere is my name?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a short acknowledgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Near the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inspired in part by traditional southern breathing methods.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He suddenly hated the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou gave it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou told me to practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI used it to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen what did I do wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama looked at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That surprised him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She attended classes for a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes she approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes she laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes she became angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One evening Eren taught Lantern Breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama interrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is not what I taught you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI changed it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt works better for some people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen what&#8217;s wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat change is good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He became irritated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou are making this extremely difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another practice bothered her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren had turned a ceremonial breathing sequence into a two-minute exercise for calming nerves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama stopped him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat one isn&#8217;t for this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She searched for words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn my village, that breath is used when preparing the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The room became silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou never told me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou never asked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow would I know to ask?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That night they argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou taught me without explaining any of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI taught you what you needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen you expected me to know invisible rules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat did you expect?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat you would know you didn&#8217;t know everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That landed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren stopped teaching for several weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students complained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some depended on the practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t care where it came from. It helps me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Ama gave it to you, it&#8217;s yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He understood that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then a scholar accused Eren publicly of stealing southern medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren became defensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama became furious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou weren&#8217;t there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scholar blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe appropriated\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI taught him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat doesn&#8217;t 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They rebuilt the classes together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not by returning everything to its original form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama refused that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTraditions change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen adaptation is fine?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCould you please stop saying sometimes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They separated the practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Ama was comfortable sharing publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some she said belonged within specific ceremonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those Eren 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money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren had earned a substantial amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He offered half to Ama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don&#8217;t want it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen what do I do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomething useful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is not specific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They eventually created a fund for healers on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama insisted it not be charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPayment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She held up Eren&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cApparently we have been supplying your business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years later, Eren became well known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People sometimes called Returning Breath <em>Eren&#8217;s Method.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever this happened within earshot, he corrected them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPart of it is mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some listeners cared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He explained anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A student once asked Ama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDo you regret teaching him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She looked across the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eren was demonstrating a breathing pattern to twelve people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was doing it slightly wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven after everything?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEspecially after everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The student looked confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA gift that can never change isn&#8217;t alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo he can do whatever he wants with it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThen what&#8217;s the rule?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ama laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou people love rules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She called Eren over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is the rule?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew this was a trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon&#8217;t be an idiot?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUseful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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