Sorry, Jacob, I guess I am not sure what all this is. But I will give #4 a go. I'm sure in Kane's mind he can make up all the rules he wants, but does not feel at all compelled to follow them (very psychopathic of him). Outlawing magic is a convenient excuse to arrest people where the Armada has power to do so, and since witchdoctors are a minority many hold in suspicion, sadly, Kane can probably get away with it without too much protest. It also may be that magic holds some key to a flaw or weakness of Kane himself.

Fighting Bishop was enlightening. I had thought he would use magic, but... he really didn't. More like an imitation of magic. Quite fascinating, really. It reminds me of those folk tales about the Fair Folk, where the fay hold court and imitate human customs as they do not have invention of their own.

And the writer I follow most on the message boards? Blind Mew! When he writes a post, I am all over it!

Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

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