Segda makes some sort of facial expression.

"I have gathered that you are not in favor of this plan. Dunno why, though. It's safer."

"Don't wanna go back to town."

"Ah. Okay. Why not?"

"Don't wanna."

"- fine. I can show you how to do a cantrip but you might not be able to pick it up, you might be too little."

Segda bounces out of the tree, tumbles, arranges itself at Iris's feet.

....awwwwwww.  She shows her lightning, because she happens to remember the spell chart for it. It's not really a great first cantrip but it'd take weeks or something to reconstruct the chart for a more useful one.

Sagda frowns at the chart intently.

"These aren't really optimal learning conditions but I'll try to explain - it's about holding it in your head and then - following it along. If you've played games where you rotate things until suddenly they fit into place that's sort of the same skill."

"Haven't," it says.

Shrug. "I could maybe whittle one but not today. Where are you gonna go if you don't want to go home?"

"Not go home. Obviously."

"Does your race need to eat and sleep and stuff."

"I guess."

"So where are you planning to do that?"

"Dunno. I found a mushroom."

"You could go to Yarisong and wash dishes or look after animals or something."

"Don't wanna."

"Me neither but that does not leave us with a ton of options."

Gesture. Staring at the spell.

She'll try to explain it again.

Segda is more diligent about this than the average human child of its height would be but still gives up before it's got it and goes and climbs a tree.

She watches a little nervously. 

Climbs tree. Jumps to other tree; catches branch. Climbs across second tree.