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Where we left off Eragon had an encounter with Urgals which he struggled greatly. After he passed out and had his vision he began to wake up. He found himself crumpled in the corner of the alley he was laying in. After he gathered the energy to get up he made his way over to Brom. He examined the man who had passed out on the ground and found that he was still breathing and alive. Eragon bandaged up the old man. He then left Brom and found their horses so they could leave as fast as possible. Once he found their horses he lifted Brom into his saddle and they left the town as soon as possible. After some time Brom woke up on his horse and Eragon was able to stop leading the animal. Eragon explained what had happened after Brom had been wounded as they made camp. Eragon questioned Brom, asking him how he was able to kill the two beasts with only one arrow. Brom sighed and explained that Eragon had used magic to kill the creatures. He had known that Eragon would eventually develop the ability to use magic as he was a rider and all riders eventually develop the skill. He had wanted to wait until a later time to begin instruction on magic however as with the development of the skill came a lot of hidden rules and consequences that Eragon would have to live by. That night Brom only told Eragon a few things about magic. They were that magic was only to be used for things that could not be done normally, as magic consumed the same strength from you as doing a task yourself. Secondly, he told Eragon that magic was greatly affected by distance, and it would take huge effort to move a pebble from a league away, and thirdly that if Eragon used more magic than he had strength in his limbs then he would die a most painful death, and that if he wanted to avoid this he should refrain from experimenting that night and wait until he grew stronger and had supervision from Brom. He then did one last thing, he gave Eragon a pebble and told him the words “stenir reisa”, and explained to Eragon what they meant. He then explained that saying the words together would allow him to move a stone through the air and that Eragon could practice magic by using those words to do so.