Magic slithers inside me. Venomous, like a thousand spiders crawling over my skin. It wants more of me.” - Tomi Adeyemi

I begin to realise how far others will go to keep us down.

“Everyone else feels like being caught in the rain. You’re the whole tsunami.

If you’re going to be an elder, you need to understand that true magic isn’t about power,” I explain. “It’s something that’s a part of us, something that’s literally in our blood. Our people have suffered for this. Died for this. It’s not something you can just learn. You may have helped us get it back, but right now we’re still being hunted and killed for the very magic tîtáns like you use against us.”