"Magicians have more power and more control the more they're part of the universe; less a being of their own ego, and more detached from that as part of a collective," Annabelle explains, while unattractively pinkying her ear. It sounds like she's reciting. "Things like heartbreak, grief, greed, lust... all of those things can result in instability and weakness in magic, but it's difficult to let those go because of the natural needs and wants we have as people."

She shrugs. "That's why the young gifted need guidance; the emotional instability can make things difficult for their growth as magicians. I've lived alone with my mentor for almost half my life, so these are things that came with his teachings. In part."

A lot of them were her own natural feelings since forever, as well.