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known to be a small sacrifice to obtain the
knowledge one seeks. Those people that practice sacrificial arts
using animals, and even other people, do not understand that there
is no greater sacrifice than that of the self. 　
    Once the drop of blood hit the circle, energy began
to zing through the area and Caislyn knew it was time to ask what
she had come for.
    “With the whole of my heart and the fight in my
soul,
    I seek a knowledge that is beyond my control
    Let me pass through this period of strife
    That I may find the two I seek, that brought me
life.
    Bring to me that which,"
    Caislyn paused briefly as she nearly forgot the rest
of her prayer. Then she continued on,."may convey
    Truth, awareness, and subtlety
    Grant me knowledge
    Also, strength to follow through
    The world is less without these two
    Find them well and help me see
    Where they are is where I need to be.”
    While Caislyn finished the spell, she realized that
there may be consequences to her accidental pause after the word
"which." You never want to take liberties with a spell, even those
you write yourself when you are in the circle. A bubble of emotion
found her while she was speaking the words, and the cosmos could
feel it. How they would interpret it would remain a mystery. She
just hoped it would keep her on the path that she was asking for.
With that final scattered thought, Caislyn realized she better
bring the circle down and close this out before anything else could
go wrong.
    She took a second to ground herself again and then
bowed to the north, while this time walking winder shins, or
counter clockwise, to the west. Once at the western element, she
bent to pick up the candle. As she held the candle in her hand she
began her closing incantation for water. “Element of water, that
flows so free, Let your streams hasten my plea.”
    As Caislyn relinquished hold on the element of water
with that whispered absolve, the flame in the votive went out. She
placed the sleeping element back in the circle, bowed to its memory
and continued on to the southern element of fire. “Element of fire,
that lets us see, Spread like wild to ignite my plea.”
    Again she replaced the candle after the flame dimmed
itself out and Caislyn continued her course to the eastern element
of air. “Element of air, which needs no key, Throughout the planes
carry my plea.”
    Just like before, the flame extinguished itself and
she replaced the darkened votive on the circle. She bowed in thanks
to the element, as she had for the previous two and continued
around the circle till she was back in the north facing the element
of earth. To earth she spoke, “Element of earth, combine with these
three, I send thee forth to manifest my plea.”
    The flame flickered then sputtered out as her words
were carried on the smoky tendrils rising from the votive. Caislyn
replaced the candle to its spot amongst the circle and bowed giving
thanks to it as well. The ritual was over, the spell was done and
what it would bring to her would remain a mystery, for now.
Caislyn, opened her circle, left the room and entered the bookstore
again. The night was thick with the full moon's light. She basked
in the glory of its energies for a moment before heading to the
other door in the store that would lead her upstairs, to the store
rooms and further up to the third floor apartments. Caislyn wanted
nothing more than to just go collapse in upon herself, have a good
cry and fly off to dreamland where things could be different.
    Before hoping straight into bed, Caislyn had to grab
a drink, she always felt a bit parched after performing rituals. On
her way to the sink she had to walk past the phone, where she saw a
message waiting for her. She thought it odd that someone had called
her private line instead of the bookstore. In the year and a half
Caislyn had been searching for her parents, her friends had all but
given up on her and left her to fend for herself, so it was a
rarity that someone would call