Hey J,

Sooo, you know how I'm not at all magic? How I can't even talk to animals or make lights dance or anything at all?

Well this week I started being magic. I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I'm pretty sure that I've finally spent enough time in the wild to get some nature powers like you. I still can't talk to animals, or maybe they just don't want to talk to me, yet. I'm not sure.

Mostly my magic seems related to healing people and making my sword glow and explode with thunder and light. That's pretty neat, I guess. What do you call that spell? How long to you think it will be until I can turn into animals? I'm pretty excited about that.

Olive and Tyrteus keep calling me a paladin. I don't know why they'd say that. First off, I'm not very devout, or particularly violent. Also, I'm not a stuck up shithead that burns people at the stake or carves off people's hands and faces and keeps them in their luggage. 

In other news, we had a big fight with an extra-dimensional rock that excreted ethereal snakes. It was... difficult to describe. I wouldn't recommend it. 

Also, if you're ever in a vault with a wizard, keep one foot outside the door. 

How's your TIP crew doing?

-E