What is there that is ignoble in the fulfillment of destiny?
Streep thought he had it all figured out. He was apprenticed by mistake to a know-nothing old buffoon, Basil the Buffoon, who refused to teach him anything because Basil had no Gift except the curse of jealousy. Streep was destined to be a great wizard. He was going places, just as soon as he got past this one little trouble. Then along comes Bruno. Make me a sword, and just like that, his life is in turmoil. Make me a sword as long as you are tall, taller, even, just a bit, make me a sword that long and then I’ll go away and leave you alone.
