[Training] Something old, something new

REXANNA i am your friend, a soul for your soul. home. sun or water, here or away — Rexanna had never been shy about magic, never tried to hide anything about it. But the topic of it bewildered her. How each person had it, how they varied so much from person to person yet seemed to fit together nicely. A wide smile grew on her face as she noticed the sparkler’s light reflecting in Maea’s eyes. Suddenly, she felt something akin to pride blooming in her chest. Jigano had praised her once before for the very same magic, and yet it hadn’t hit her pride as much as this had. She was proud of having a magic that could be beautiful and destructive. But she also supposed it was a lot like her too. Maea’s eagerness was answered with the tiny throw of the magic, watching the sparkler tumble over and over again as Maea tried to catch it with invisible hands. She could see it bounce around briefly, as though it could sense something, but ultimately it fell and died slowly upon its descent. It was quite a wonderful try, and Rexanna was just as eager as Maea to see what it might look like, encapsulated in invisible hands. “Of course!” She said before summoning another tiny sparkler. This time, as soon as she had summoned it, she tossed it like she did before. And watched, waiting with baited breath in the hopes the pale woman might somehow catch the light. —we are a lighthouse, we leave and we stay.