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"A Wizard's Woes" by dafsy_
It had been a while. Leudes didn't want to admit that out loud, knowing it would destroy the confidence of his audience, but he had to admit it to himself. It had been a while since he had performed magic. He had never been fully comfortable with it and his teachers at the academy had definitely noticed that. His report cards had always come back with average grades; there wasn't anything specific they could deduct points for, but there wasn't anything that made them wow and want to give them extra credits. He was annoyingly, frustratingly, decidedly average at magic. Sure, he could see octarine as all other wizards could, but he didn't have that je-ne-sais-quoi, that indescribable *air* of being a wizard. He flicked his wand with efficiency, not with a flourish. And magic was *all* about the flourish. While many of his classmates at the academy stayed for further study, he left as soon as possible and chose to build a career. It was hard finding a job in wizardry, and he soon found himself going further...

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