This is a snippet of dialouge from my upcoming Visual Novel (The Spell Collector) between the titular Wizard (W) and their assistant Brian (B). It appears after chapter zero.
W: Tell me something Brian.
B: What do you want to know teacher?
W: I truly appreciate the assistance you have given but there is one thing I don’t quite understand.
B: There’s something that you don’t understand?
W: The end of this trip will mark the start of the fifth year with you as my assistant. Most novices serve for a year or two before leaving to pursue their own studies.
B: That’s true.
W: You’ve been with me for over three years already. Four by the end of this journey.
W: Do you plan to leave when we arrive somewhere more exciting?
B: No, teacher. Not at all.
W: Strange. Most young mages would do just that. It is not as if you owe me anything.
B: I’m not ready to go it alone. I feel like I have so much more to learn from you.
W: That’s kind of you to say. I doubt there is any more for me to show you. At least not anything new that you cannot work out for yourself with a little practice.
B: I’m confident this journey will teach us both all sorts of new things.
W: That is why I am taking this sabbatical after all.
B: I’m looking forward to it.
W: Me too. It’s been far too long since I left that stuffy old castle.
