The Fundamentals of Magic
Gale is utterly fit to burst with pride when his daughter Serendipity announces that she is capable of magic. Her version of magic, however, is a little different from his version of magic.
She is only three, after all.
A little slice of life post canon for @alittlelevity for their Tav Levity and Gale, and their wee little trickster.
The beaming, giggling smile on her face right now seemed to indicate he was about to be privy to her newest scheme. “Daddy,” she said, all but fit to bursting from glee, “I know magic.”
He perked up immediately. “You cast your first spell?” he asked delightedly, spinning in his chair.
She covered her mouth with her hands, giggling. “I have to show you,” she said, toddling forward and taking him by the hand. “Come on.”
Gale looked back over his shoulder at the stack of exam papers, and then dismissed them; reading of his student’s failures could wait another half hour. To know his daughter was capable of casting magic, and so early? She hadn’t even turned four! “What spell did you cast, my sparkle?” he asked, trailing after her, back slightly hunched so as to keep his hand in hers. She rushed them out of his study and towards the stairs, navigating the steps with a ferocious concentration that he imagined he would also require were he faced with an obstacle where each step was all but half his height. Her little tail waggled back and forth excitedly as they went, almost tripping him a half dozen times at least.
In the sitting room, he found Levity and his mother enjoying an afternoon tea, where presumably Serendipity had been until coming to fetch him. Levity had her face in a hand, her shoulders shaking with silent laughter, while Morena had her tea cup held rather pointedly in front of her mouth, as if to hide her own smile; she could not hide the sparkle of mirth in her eyes, however.
“I hear celebrations are in order,” he said, as Serendipity led him proudly into the room. “We have a new little arcanist in the family?”
This only seemed to provoke Levity more, and Morena very obviously closed her eyes for a moment, as if to try and rein in her own laughter; their responses were perplexing.
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