After a minute or two Jory was ready to start carving again. The next rune was Berkano and was shaped kind of like a capital B. “Means growth, liberation, loss of control and family loss,’’Jory read aloud completely forgetting about being bored with talking to himself. With his wand at the ready over another disk, the Puff cast the spell. “Intaglio Berkano…Berkano!’’ he said. And there was the rune on the disk. After examining it, he placed it next to the other completed runes and moved on to the next.

“Tiwaz means honor, leadershipand communication difficulties,’’ the third year read. “And this one’s the full arrow shape.’’ Taking a disk, he placed it in front of him and positioned his wand. “Intaglio Tiwaz, Tiwaz!’’ he exclaimed and the rune began to carve. Another perfect rune. Jory began to feel a bit pleased with himself. He was glad e at least got the hang of this spell.

The next rune was Sowilo. “Achieved goals, success, loss of goals and destruction. Shape’s sort of like an S.’’ Concentrating Jory positioned his wand over a new disk. “Intaglio Sowilo, Sowilo, Sowilo!’’ he said. A few moments later there was a rune just like in his text on the disk. He put that aside with the others.

“Algiz. Shaped like a trident and means protective and hidden danger,’’ Jory said. “That doesn’t sound good, the hidden danger.’’ With a new disk, he concentrated on the rune. “Intaglio Algiz…Algiz…Algiz!’’ he said. This carving came out alright as well.