[Sabriel uncorks the bottle and holds it up as she starts to chant. The invocation for a baptism is longer than most, but the words feel natural to her- and the bottle begins to pulse with light, as Sabriel felt more and more marks stream through her fingers into the water- some she had never seen before, others that she'd memorized years ago- and then just as swiftly, she fell silent, touching the bottle first to the ground, and then to her forehead, before upending the glowing water over Alcuin's forhead.
She had to shut her eyes at the sudden burst of light as the water touched him]
By the Charter that binds all things, I name thee Alcuin!
[Sabriel sighed with relief as she opened her eyes and saw the wood ash sign she'd made on her own forehead appear on Alcuin's as it disappeared from her own.]
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She had to shut her eyes at the sudden burst of light as the water touched him]
By the Charter that binds all things, I name thee Alcuin!
[Sabriel sighed with relief as she opened her eyes and saw the wood ash sign she'd made on her own forehead appear on Alcuin's as it disappeared from her own.]