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The plan had been for class to meet in the Danger Shop, but the day was far too beautiful to spend it cooped up indoors - Bob had had plenty of that, thank you very much. So, class had been ~~handwavily~~ informed to meet on the lawn instead.

"So." Bob eyed them all critically. "Last semester I taught a class on defence against magic. Where mostly what I learned was that half of you are far too nervous around magic to do any good with it, half of you take it for granted it can do just about anything, and just about all of you - look, are you teenagers or what? Don't you ever just...cut loose?" He sighed.

"So this time, we're using magic for fun. You'll be learning what it can and can't do, and hopefully getting a bit of a more accurate picture and a bit more at ease."

He looked around them once more and nodded. "Right. I'm Hrothbert of Bainbridge. You can call me Bob or Sir, whichever you prefer. Anders is my TA for the class, so any questions you don't want to ask me, ask him. Now I know you're probably all tired of introductions by now, but I don't care. Introduce yourselves, and let me know what magic you can do, what other talents you might have, what you're familiar with, and so forth."

He picked a random student and stared at them expectantly.

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"I'm Blue Sargent," Blue said, "and my family are psychics. The real kind. So, tarot, scrying, that kind of thing." Also, occasional weird herbal things that took up half the fridge, but she honestly wasn't clear if those worked or not. "I'm not, though. But I do make magic stronger by being around people who can do it." So half the class might be noticing a power boost.

Bob nodded. "Potentially very useful. Is your ability something you can control, or is it constant wherever you are?"

"I've never tried to control it, so I don't know." Was that bad? "As far as I know it's always been constant."

Bob nodded. "Something to explore, maybe. See if you can help one person and not another, or if you can control how much you help them."

"I can feel it," Anders told her. "Like ... my blood is warmer all of a sudden, but in a good way. Have you ever helped a healer?"

"No, I haven't," Blue told him, perking up. "Like I said, I've only known psychics before. Is that what you do?"

"It's my favorite part of what I do," Anders told her. "And I'm curious how much better I'd be if you were around when I did it."

"I'm happy to help!" Blue assured him. "I'm just hoping there's not anybody who needs healing anytime soon."

"That's the problem, isn't it?" Anders said, laughing a little. "I'm curious but not curious enough to want somebody to get hurt so we can test it."

"I can feel it, too," Celia offered, smiling over. "That's awfully handy, though it must be a bit of a mixed bag for you."

Always the magic-booster, never the magician, something something.

"Standing around while other people do stuff isn't really fun," Blue agreed. "I know I'm helping, but...boring."

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