Fortunately, blood magic offers a partial solution. The principle usage of blood in magic is to create a link between a wixen’s magic and a magical effect. By slathering a little bit of willingly given blood on some runes it’s possible to have them power themselves in perpetuity, so long as they remain in the possession of myself or my descendants. Additionally, though this won’t be useful until I get my wand, sacrificing a bit of blood to a spell with a continuous effect would allow me to continue to feed it magic without having to focus on it, if done correctly. I make a mental note to revisit this particular avenue of study once I’ve learned shield charms. For now I’m giddy at being able to carve runes for silence and balance into the heels of my boots, and with just a little bit of bloodletting my footsteps are now significantly more quiet and steady. A whole world of primitive enchanting and warding is now open to me, and I’m going to abuse the hell out of it.