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Story: Simon magus docet

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[¶3 of 5] "Vidēbimus. Creāre moenia ignis, necesse est baculum magicum habēre." Simon baculum cum gemmā caeruleā in summō sustulit. "Sed sine baculō, magus pilam ignis creāre potest." Simon stetit et baculum in pavimentō posuit. "Mē spectāte," inquit. Magus pēdem dexterum paulō ante sinestrum posuit. Manūs ante pectorem tenuit. Spirāvit altē, et celeriter manūs sūprā caput sustulit et exclamāvit, "Ignem Volcanī!" Pīla ignis in manibus appāruit, quam in āere iēcit. Tunc manūs acriter plausit, et pīla ignis ēvānuit. "Nunc temptābitis, līberī." Cornēlia Simonem attente spectāvit. Caute motūs magī imitāta est. Subitō parva pila flammae in manibus apparuit, sed celeriter ēvānuit. Mārcus etiam motūs magī imitātus est, sed nullās flammās fēcit.
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