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Ty’s mother turned back to him as if just noticing she had spaced out “We were excited, but that excitement was short lived. The Council tested you in my womb; they found out that you had the gift, a gift that would outshine all others if you survived its awakening. It was decided at that very moment by everyone involved to hide you from the world until both you and the world were ready for that gift. Once you were born your father had to leave so the dark ones could not sense his gift and find you.” She handed him the brown box saying “Open it; it’s not a gizmo or game like you normally get on your birthday. Its part of your heritage, part of the powerful gift that is now awakening inside you.”