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A wizard and his apprentice.

The wizard realized that it was finally time to take on an assistant to help him with his practice. Someone to pass down his arcane secrets after he is gone. Someone with a youthful perspective on the world, not saddled with the weight of experience. Most importantly, someone to do the heavy lifting. He won’t be around forever, after all – one backfired spell and his centuries of work would be lost. The incident with the elixir of youth had been an unpleasant reminder of his own fallibility. True, it had worked as intended, but he had somewhat underestimated its potency.

But why choose an apprentice with an eyepatch?

Easy. He figured the loss of one eye would make him more cautious about losing the other. Great wizards have had their careers destroyed by foolishly foregoing safety goggles while brewing noxious potions.

True. But also should he lose the other eye after learning enough he might forgo caution and dabble in other forms of ‘seeing’.

Perhaps, but then he will be under the tutelage of a great wizard who can oversee his dabbling. 

And anyway, the eyepatch makes him look tougher, which partially compensates for his mild temperament. Young people these days are such sensitive snowflakes. 

“Great wizards have had their careers destroyed by foolishly foregoing safety goggles while brewing noxious potions” just reminds me of that poster on the wall of my high school chemistry teacher’s room that said “Carol never wore safety goggles. Now she doesn’t need them.”