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The one on his lap has a normal amount of magic, just like his daddy.

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Okay. Well, let's try the other one, too before she gets disheartened about this angle.

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That one's got nothing.

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She doesn't move, but her empathic signature screeches 'NO BAD WRONG NO'

"It seems," she says delicately, "I was correct."
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The malachite fellow draws both of his children into his arms.

"What...?"
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"Your -" she points, "son, there, has all of his dragon magic present and accounted for. Your. Your daughter..."

She trails off, and looks pained. She looks at her lap. She takes a deep breath and meets him in the eyes. "I'm sorry, but she doesn't have any."
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"So you think she's going to die. But he'll be okay?"
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Nod.

"Yes. I might be wrong, this is very experimental. It might fluctuate while they're babies." (She doesn't think so.) "I'll work on it regardless."
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"They're three weeks old," he murmurs.

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"I will work on it very quickly."

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She can't manage to smile. Sympathy. Determination. A little bit of triumph, it's progress, she's closer, she will do this.

"May I analyze your spouse while I'm here? I haven't analyzed many dragons yet, I wanted to get to this as soon as possible."
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"He's at work."

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She nods.

"All right. Thank you, anyway. I will let you know if there's anything I can do."
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Nod, nod.

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"Goodbye," she murmurs. "I will be working on it."

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"Thank you," he says, perfunctory, soft, looking at his daughter.

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She nods, and then she teleports back home.

She doesn't let herself break down crying.

She writes a letter to Ehail explaining everything and what she found out from her analysis, and sends it. She then gets to trying to figure out how to fix this problem. She - has no idea, honestly. How is dragon magic assigned? Why do some get dragon magic and other don't? What happened to cause shrens? How do unusuals and uniques fit into this?

She needs more information, frankly. She calls up her line representative again. She explains the situation, explains her prediction based on dragon magic for the malachite's children, and asks to analyze an unusual and (if possible) a unique.
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Her line representative refers her to a telepath who lives in Gibryel and gives her Keo's address.

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Okay then. Keo's closer, but slightly scarier. She tells herself to suck it up, because there are little babies that are dying.

She finds Keo's address, and she knocks on the door.
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Keo lives in a school. She can go right in the front door and then take the lift to the headmaster's office.

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Oh. Well. That. That works too.

She does that, and then she knocks on that door.
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"Come in," says a man's voice.

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She does!

"Hello," she says, "I'm Avetlarin, I'm a wizard looking for a cure for dragon babies, I have a high reason to suspect it has something to do with dragon magic. Does Keo live here?"
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"Yes," he says. "I'm in a mindlink with her. Can I help you?"

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