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it took kai a moment to realise what exactly she was asking. “your magic. a water fairy’s magic. it’s the magic within us that responds to our emotions and thoughts. i can’t speak for all magical creatures, but our magic is connected to our mind the way the rest of our limbs are, maybe even more so. i dunno, the healer fairies no more about that stuff than me.”

kai didn’t think he was the perfect water fairy, and he didn’t know how he felt about being considered such. “but you’re the best. you always say what’s on your mind, and you don’t care what other people think of you, and you stand up for yourself. you’re so nice and kind to the people who deserve it and your smile makes people so happy. that’s what’s important,” he said, more serious than usual.

“thank you!” he said, as though them being cute was his doing. they were just like that naturally. “uh, i’m not sure, i guess it depends on who’s home? but i trust marina to keep bluey in line if the others aren’t there. sometimes they go to the others’ rooms, just to lie down there.”

“YES I CAN,” he yelled, even louder this time. “IF I DON’T WANNA BREAKUP, I’M NOT GONNA BREAK UP, YOU CAN’T STOP ME --”

“bluey? he should be back home with marina, my other dog,” kai said with a hum. “why do you ask?”

kai nodded slowly. “water fairies always know they’re water fairies, but i guess the whole protection thing would extend to anyone who could control water. it’s like... it’s basically your magic reacting to your distress and reacting accordingly,” he said.

“yeah, i’d say so,” he said with a nod. “when a water fairy experiences a strong emotion, it can sometimes influence their powers. like that toilet water thing i mentioned happened because i was seriously angry. sometimes when you’re scared, on the other hand, your magic works on instinct to protect you.”

kai scrunched his face up. ajax had a point. “i... have no idea. i always just kinda assumed that they were all exaggerating.”

“well, we usually don’t burst pipes unless we have a reason for it, which we usually don’t,” he said with a shrug. “nah, it’s fine, i’m just remembering something. toilet water, long story.”

“she is! she’s a genius,” kai said. no matter how much trouble kasiah’s experiments could potentially cause ( rainbow incident, anyone? ), he was still incredibly proud of his best friend. “oh! i can do that with normal pixie dust.”

“i’m sure,” he said with a slight nod. “well, it’s used to help us fly, but it can also make things levitate. and my best friend uses pixie dust to create other versions of pixie dust. like, um... she can make water talent dust! if you use water talent dust by sprinkling it over yourself, you’ll temporarily have the powers of a water fairy!”

“I WILL DO NO SUCH THING, KASIAH, DAMMIT WOMAN --”

“YOU USED TO CALL ME ON YOUR CELL PHONE --”

“I LOVE YOU, TOO!”

“I SWEAR I DON’T NEED PROTECTION, I CAN TOTALLY FIGHT. ...PROBABLY.”

“aw, jakey, you big softie!”

“oh, no, no, i’ll be fine!” kai said with a grin, hoisting the textbooks up. “if i get desperate, i can just use some pixie dust. i only really use it to fly, so i’m sure i could spare some.”