: Re: How can I handle a powerful mentor character without killing them off? I'm writing a book series that involves people with various superpowers. One of these characters and is more or less the

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Mentor Teaches Through Their Writings
This might be too different from what you already had planned, but if you can make do without character interactions, the student could be learning by reading a book written by their mentor. I'm thinking loosely of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, where some of the main characters are often quoting a book they've nearly memorized which taught them lessons about how to conduct themselves. As a bonus, the mentor could be dead OR alive, allowing them to show up later after being assumed dead.
Mentor Teaches Through Visions
In a similar fashion, the mentor could teach through visions like flashbacks or the Spirit World from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Magical prophetical orbs or training videos could work too for something grounded in a technology of the time.

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