several kinds

[thaumobabble]

Glass appears in the Belltower, where the Jokers less Felicity are still assembled.

"There are," she announces, "kinds of you."

Comments

[inhispockets]

Perhaps the faint whimpering will guide her.

[her_imperial_radiance]

It helps, yes.

She sits down next to him. She's not sure if his ears are working, with this extent of damage. But Elspeth can talk to the comatose, and he's not that far gone. I can heal you. I can torch you better. I can leave you alone. What do you prefer?

[inhispockets]

[heal me?]

[her_imperial_radiance]

It's a hex. She spends it.

[inhispockets]

He whimpers some more, and drags himself out from under the wreckage.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Did you have fun?"

[inhispockets]

"...No."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Oh." She spends a pentagon to restore the house; it's surrounded by enough space that not much surrounding flora has been damaged. She gets up and triangles away the soot.

[inhispockets]

Somewhat disbelievingly: "Did you just magic the house back?"

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Yes."

[inhispockets]

"Wishes, huh?"

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Yes. It actually took a bigger one to fix you than the house. Living creatures are complicated, and the house didn't have any inherently magical installations."

[inhispockets]

He is quiet for a moment.

Then: "Is... is that why you're not mad?"

[her_imperial_radiance]

"It's a little more complicated than that. I wouldn't have left you unsupervised near anything both destructible and irreplaceable in the first place. Had I done so for some reason, I would probably mourn the loss of whatever was destroyed. But in reality I have plenty of magic and I was warned to expect destruction of property, so there's nothing to be mad about."

[inhispockets]

"Oh," says Felicity.

He looks contemplatively at the restored house.

Then he turns and walks away.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth goes out and inspects the smallish amount of damage to the plants around the house. She fixes it as she finds it.

[inhispockets]

He's back a few minutes later, with his poof and its fountain.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Aww. You took them out first."

[inhispockets]

He shrugs, cuddling the poof.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Poofs," she adds, "emit an anti-injury field. It works on them and anyone nearby."

[inhispockets]

He smiles crookedly.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth fixes a tree.

[inhispockets]

Felicity carries his poof inside.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Eventually there is no remaining fire damage or ash that Elspeth can see. She goes back inside and picks up her tablet from her pillow where her wish restored its existence.

[inhispockets]

Felicity and his poof remain in his bedroom.