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Lissa caught on and gasped. "The animals. It was you.”
"With Natalie's help.”
"Why would you do that? How could you?”
"Because I had to know. I have only a few more weeks to live, Vasilisa. If you can truly bring
back the dead, then you can cure Sandovsky's. I had to know before I took you away that you
could heal at will and not just in moments of panic.”
"Why take me at all?" A spark of anger flared up in her. "You're my near-uncle. If you wanted
me to do this—if you really think I can…" Her voice and feelings showed me she didn't really
entirely believe she could heal him. "Then why kidnap me? Why didn't you just ask?”
"Because it's not a onetime affair. It took a long time to figure out what you are, but I managed
to acquire some of the old histories…scrolls kept out of Moroi museums. When I read about
how wielding spirit works—”
"Wielding what?”
"Spirit. It's what you've specialized in.”
"I haven't specialized in anything! You're crazy.”
"Where else do you think these powers of yours have come from? Spirit is another element, one
few people have any more.”
Lissa's mind was still reeling from the kidnapping and the possible truth that she'd brought me
back from the dead. "That doesn't make any sense. Even if it wasn't common, I still would have
heard of another element! Or of someone having it.”
"No one knows about spirit anymore. It's been forgotten. When people do specialize in it,
nobody realizes it. They think the person simply hasn't specialized at all.”
"Look, if you're just trying to make me feel—" She abruptly cut herself off. She was angry and
afraid, but behind those emotions, her higher reasoning had been processing what he'd said