Flawless
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These men held more power than any of them, because they possessed The Talent. This talent is one every person in the world has, including humans with no magic in their blood. But for these men, it was a sixth sense. They could sense and see it immediately. It was the power to sense vanity, which is a tribute that is greatly frowned upon in the magic society.
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