[timsh1]
timsh was exiled from his homeland and sent to the land of braelig.
When he arrived in braelig, which was a bleak and barren landscape, he
was assigned a master. His master, a bookbinder, gave him work to do,
and in return he was supposed to prepare timsh for whatever success timsh
might achieve for himself in the future in braelig. timsh could hardly
remember his previous life, but he did recall that where he was from he
could do magic; and he wondered if he could do magic here in the land
of braelig. He didn't quite recall the nature of the magic he had
done prior to his exile, or its technique. And he sensed that, even if
he could remember, it wasn't prudent to try his magic here in braelig
because it was likely that, if it was possible, it was also forbidden,
and if he did magic he or his master would get in some sort of trouble.
So he simply asked his master if magic were possible, hoping that it was
and that he could make an attempt. His master explained that if magic
were real, the difficulty in practicing it would not be in learning to
do it, but rather in learning to see it and anticipate it and thereby
act as though one were producing it. This was hardly an answer but it
lead timsh to the conclusion that in braelig magic was practiced only
by higher beings.