I was a self-taught one and I broke quite a few things—but even after I got mentors, things still didn’t get easier, because in the secret arts, nothing is simple in principle. If I don’t make the strict deadlines, if I don’t properly prepare for a projection into the astral realm, I’ll perish there—disappear into endless gray. And besides, the real world is often no less dangerous for the person who has been cursed twice. Naively believing that everyone will forget about me and won’t look for me would be foolish…