You Ever Get That Super Charged Feeling?

Ordinarily when I wake up I wake up in a foul mood (shocking right?) I'm not a morning person, or an afternoon person or a night person; I'm a "sleep was better than this shit" person. I know as soon as I wake up the worst part of my day is about to begin. It's weird for someone who clings to life I hate living it at times. Anyway I say all of that because when I woke up after being released from prison I felt more spring in my step. It wasn't just because I wasn't going to be arrested. It felt like I had touched some really potent magic and came away with that power instead of just scorched. I figured it was due to my connection to the Fire God and some lingering gift of hers, or maybe from when I was touched by the wind whatever (is it weird I've so much interaction with the gods and yet at the same time do not want to believe in them? Kind of weird right). I would have kept thinking that until well Hanlon came to see me, to gloat or whatever it is Hanlon does normally when he's not leading rebellions or whatever.

"Something feels different about you." Hanlon had swung in to check up on me so he claimed. I think he just wanted to know if the Fire God was hanging around.

"Well I did feel more peppy when I woke up this morning, maybe I ate something good last night."

"Right food can make you surge with magical power that's for sure." Hanlon's dry sarcasm wounded me.

"Could be something residual from the fire god."

"Or it could be you have used necromancy haphazardly for so long it was bound to bounce something bad back at you, and now it has." He got to the point and I appreciated that, but at the same time, what????

"But I feel fine, better than fine!"

"For now Trezlan, but be careful what you are dealing with now could possibly destroy you, or empower you, you know either way." He left and I glared angrily at the door. As usual he told me something I didn't know and then left me with something to think about that scared me. Because Hanlon is a prick! And he wasn't wrong and things were about to get a lot worse.