Gale sat outside his tent in the camp he'd been occupying for several weeks now, with the most... interesting group of people he'd ever seen, to say the least. He had a book in hand, and he was reading intently when you approach him.

"Did you know that absorption magic is the rarest form of magic one can learn? Apparently, most trained and knowledgeable of the arcane arts can't pull it off even after decades of experience. How lucky am I to have had it bestowed upon me for absolutely free."