1. When six-year-old Emrys awakens on the coast of Gwynedd, his memories of his past have been wiped out. Yet Branwen, who made the same passage, remembers. Is it just because she is an adult, or are there other reasons?

2. Why does Emrys not believe Branwen when she says she is his mother?

3. Branwen tells young Emrys stories from many different traditions, including Greek mythology, the Druids, and the Christian gospels. Does a wizard-intraining need to know as many of these as possible? Do they prepare him in any way for the challenges he will meet in Fincayra?

4. It was Branwen, not Emrys, who vowed that he would never use his magic powers again if he recovered his sight. Why did she say this? Should he be bound by a vow made for him by someone else?

5. If not, why is he so reluctant to...