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"You're pulling my leg," Peter told him.

Ronan rolled his eyes. "It's not like it's the only thing I can do. I'm a wizard. Here." He held up his arm, and, with a short run of words in the Speech, made his sleeve glitter. "See?"

"Okay, 'cause I was going to say that's a seriously specific power," Peter said with a grin. He admired Ronan's handiwork. "So how do you do that exactly?"

Yes, he was wondering if he could copy it.

Another few words, and the sleeve was back to normal. "I convince the molecules to reflect light differently," he said. "Doesn't actually change the structure at all, so it's not harmful to skin or anything. They just look different."

"You talk to molecules?"

"I talk to whatever I want to." Ronan grinned. "After all, everything understands the Speech, at least on some level." If he's observant enough, Peter might even be able to tell that that last sentence wasn't English. "Anyone can learn it, too; being a wizard just lets you put a little more oomph behind it, so you can tell things to do something rather than having to convince them, talk them into it."

"Wild," Peter said. He did notice that part of what Ronan had said felt different. "I can sort of do something similar, but it's just me using one of Isabel's powers."

"Using Isabel's powers?" Ronan asked. "How's that work?"

"My power is that I copy other people's powers," Peter said. "Not everybody's, but most so far. At least those I know about."

"Oh, cool!" Ronan grinned. "Any kind of limits that you know of? Are you mimicking what you see, or...?"

"Not really sure why I can't copy some," Peter admitted. "But as far as I can tell I don't have to see it to do it. There was a while there I was copying powers and had no idea. Thought I was going nuts."

"... I can see how you might," Ronan said. "At any rate, I'd be surprised if you could copy mine -- it's mostly learned, after all, and the rest that's not is because of the Oath. It's not the kind of thing that transfers." He grinned. "But you're welcome to try some time."

Peter studied Ronan. "Glittery shirt, huh?"

Ronan shrugged. "Wouldn't be the first time I'd worn one," he said, cocking one eyebrow. He wondered if Peter would somehow be able to 'pick up' the Speech from him, able to use it to speak to his shirt.

Peter concentrated, then held his hand out near Ronan's shirt. Granted that he wasn't an expert on this yet, but something in his gut told him he didn't have this power.

Ah well. He improvised and called on Isabel's instead, giving Ronan a glittery stripe along his shirtsleeve. He wondered if Ronan would be able to tell that he'd cheated.

Ronan's raised eyebrow showed that, in fact, he was able to tell. "Whose power was that, then?" he asked, grinning. "Isabel's?"

Peter gave up with a grin. "Yeah. That obvious?"

He went to erase his handiwork. It was only polite after all.

"Probably not to anyone else," Ronan replied, shrugging, an amused smile on his face. "But I'd definitely be able to recognise wizardry, at least if it were wizardry like mine."

"So far I've been able to copy things like telekinesis, this thing of Isabel's - " Peter gestured with his hand to indicate what he'd just done " - some work with fire, strength, it's a mix."

"Huh. I wonder what the difference is," Ronan said. "Or if it just depends where the person's from or something or if there are just some powers you can't copy." He'd be thinking about this for a little while. "And you can use all the powers you've been exposed to?" he added. "What if you end up with two contradicting powers?"

"Try not to use them at once?" Peter guessed. "Gotta admit I'm still new to this. I've been trying to learn. It was only recently I figured out I can call up powers without having to be next to the person."

"Yeah?" Ronan added that to the list of things to consider. "Huh. That's... that's all really interesting," he said, sincerely. "Any idea where your powers come from?"

"No clue," Peter said. "I just had this hunch like something special was going to happen. One day it did."

Ronan laughed. "Sounds a lot like wizardry, that. 'One day, something happened.' It's how it always starts."

"So you're not born being able to do it?" Peter asked.

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