Watching On

The job was the worst type of job. It was vitally important, and required intense focus and perfect action, but only at random and rare times. The tiny portal needed to be watched, with a reinforcement spell cast when it began to grow. Too much casting would lead to the portal snapping wider, hence the need for constant supervision.

The shifts were short, designed to allow for maximum focus. And it worked well for two hundred years.

Of course, after that long, mistakes were due to be made. Just once.

But once was all that could occur, given the results.