Let us hedge words a little (get it hedge wizard?).
Wizardry versus Magic.
You can look at Wizzardry as the group of magic users that all the people in the book belong too.
To "wield" the magic so you must have the will to do it.
Even then will isn't the only factor in Wizardry potential. Its a matter of locale, experience, age as well.
In Nita's mom, Mom had the last word because it was her home advantage. Yet she had to take no oath to wield it. The potential is simply there in all people. Had Nita's mom been a former wizard who lost the will to be a wizard, yet maintained a "normal life". It would play out the same because of the inate being of a person.
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"Wizardry does not live in an unwilling heart."
Let us hedge words a little (get it hedge wizard?).
Wizardry versus Magic.
You can look at Wizzardry as the group of magic users that all the people in the book belong too.
To "wield" the magic so you must have the will to do it.
Even then will isn't the only factor in Wizardry potential. Its a matter of locale, experience, age as well.
In Nita's mom, Mom had the last word because it was her home advantage. Yet she had to take no oath to wield it. The potential is simply there in all people. Had Nita's mom been a former wizard who lost the will to be a wizard, yet maintained a "normal life". It would play out the same because of the inate being of a person.