Peka hoists Katin up into a convenient carrying position and waves at somebody across the street and goes inside her house. It's a rowhouse, not like the apartments that dominate the district.

Invisible mages follow her inside.

And they can go up to Peka's room.

Where mages re-visible!

"Hi!"

"I'm Ode--I mean, Otet. Aww, she's even cuter in person!"

"Hi! Do you wanna hold her?"

"I would love to."

Otet is given a baby. The baby says "wap."

Otet is spellbound. "Hi, Katin," she coos. "Aren't you the cleverest baby? Aren't you the cutest?"

"Pah," says Katin.

"Lookit you! Best baby."

"...I could fix it so you could feed her, if you want."

"You could? That would be great."

"Okay."

She lays a hand on Peka's shoulder. The affected area feels a little odd for a little while, and then it stops and she takes her hand away and says, "all fixed."

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

"So how do I do magic?"

"Did you read the stuff I posted on the internet about how the three branches worked?"

"Yeah. I dunno which I'd be good at or resistant to though."

"Lots of people don't before they try it. So the thing is that each one needs a different frame of mind to use--Sympathy works by persuading the world to be the way you want, Effort works by pushing the world to be the way you want, and Conquest works by commanding the world to be the way you want."

"Okay..."

"So you sort of--do that, but with--intent to do magic? There's a word for the difference between just wanting something and trying to magic it but there's no equivalent in Tapap."

"What should I try first?"

She looks around for convenient loose objects.

Hair clip? Pocket everything?