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Does anyone want cake? I feel like making some tomorrow, but I can't eat a whole one by myself.

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[Out by the side of the Ermis Suites? Then you might see Rosalia there, armed with a walking stick and a large pitcher of water, staring intently at a singed handkerchief lying in a patch of dirt.]

Hm, maybe I can make it a little bigger this time...

(2% spent on Rosalia's birthday and some headcanon-y childhood stuff.)

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[third_alternative]

....

Okay, you lost me.

How does setting that on fire equal 'magic'?

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[healeveryone]

I'm, um, trying to set it on fire with magic?

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[third_alternative]

Oh. Yeah, that. Okay.

[He folds his arms.] So? Go ahead. Let's see what kind of 'magic' [airquotes] you've got up your sleeve.

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[healeveryone]

Ugh...

[Rosalia's a little annoyed, but that just makes her want to do better so she points the walking stick at the handkerchief.]

Fire!

[A flame breaks out on one corner of the handkerchief, about twice the size of a candle's flame, and crackles away on the ground until Rosalia dumps some water on it.]

There. See?

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[third_alternative]

[Rex leaned in to see exactly what she was doing as she was doing it, and once it's done, he stands back up.]

...Aaaaand you call that 'magic'.

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[healeveryone]

What else is it supposed to be? Anyway, I know I'm not very good yet - but that's why I'm practicing!

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[third_alternative]

Nothing, nothing! Just...you know, setting a napkin on fire doesn't sound very magical.

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[healeveryone]

What's magic supposed to be, then? I'd rather set this thing on fire than a real person.

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[third_alternative]

Something that can't easily be faked with a lighter?

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[healeveryone]

Not all of it can be! This is just what I'm starting with. Palom's a lot better at it.

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[third_alternative]

Yeah? Who's Palom?

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[healeveryone]

He's the one teaching me magic right now. He's really little, but he knows more about it than I do - I don't think magic was around where I come from.

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[third_alternative]

So you're learning magic...from some little kid who's telling you it exists?

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[healeveryone]

You don't think magic exists?

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[third_alternative]

Pfft, why would I, when I can turn my arm into a giant cannon and my legs into a motorcycle? This is way cooler.

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[healeveryone]

Yeah, well, I can't do any of that. This is the best I can do.

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[third_alternative]

[shrug] I guess.

Can you do anything cooler with your magic?

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[healeveryone]

Not yet. I just started learning recently. This is the first spell Palom taught me.

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[third_alternative]

The first spell he taught you was fire? Well, that doesn't sound very safe.

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[third_alternative]

...I think I like this Palom guy the more I hear about him.

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[healeveryone]

[If he's saying that...]

I think you two would get along.

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[third_alternative]

You know, I'm starting to think so too.

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[healeveryone]

I can introduce the two of you, if you'd like.