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“Caliban, would you like for me to start teaching you some magic?” Sycorax inquired. “I would love to!” Caliban responded gleefully. Over the next couple days, Sycorax began to teach her son magic. Caliban found it very entertaining and really like learning the spells. He also enjoyed spending some quality time with his mother. Caliban was able to learn the basics quite quickly. He learned to move objects, create light, confuse animals and people, and many more. Just as Caliban was beginning to learn some more advanced magic, something horrible happened to Sycorax. “Caliban, come here! I just had the worst pain imaginable in my chest!” Sycorax painfully exclaimed.
“Mother, are you okay?” Caliban said as he ran to his mother’s aid.
“Yes,
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This made him very excited because he really wanted to see another person again. A few hours later, the ship arrived and there were two people onboard. There names were Prospero and Miranda and they spoke a different language than Caliban, which created a language barrier and thus began to complicate matters.
But after 2 months of teaching, Caliban had a decent understanding of the foreigner’s language and was finally allowed to communicate with each other due to the training Prospero gave him. As thanks for the education Caliban received, he showed Miranda and Prospero every corner of the island and where everything is located.
Since there was no longer a language barrier, Prospero began to teach Caliban his more advanced technology. Prospero showed Caliban how to catch animals with tripwire, catch fish with spears, and many more things. Due to the fact that they were always together, they naturally began to become good friends. Caliban even began to forget about his mother and was not depressed anymore. “Thank you so much for all you have done for me,” Caliban said. “I am forever in your debt.” This caused Prospero to have a great idea.
“Well, in that case, I will make you our personal servant,” Prospero proclaimed with a suspicious

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