Ranara and her little daughter Azabel move to Urtho's Tower when the latter can say six words ("up", "mama", "milk", "no", "now", and "please") and hasn't started to walk yet. Ranara sets up to teach little children to read, ones who don't have evident Gifts yet - Ranara herself has Mindspeech, is all, with about a classroom's worth of range. Azabel sits in on classes, worn on her mother's back or later plopped in a corner with toys or, when she's only four, plopped in a corner with a book, younger than the other kids in the class. When Azabel has in fact sat through her mother's curriculum she is turned somewhat loose, to walk very carefully up and down and around the Tower, exploring.
:I think we should make sure he's not supposed to stick around to be assigned his remedial ethics lesson? And I hope he doesn't try to set anyone else on fire:
:Do you think he is likely to? ...Hmm, also do you have the Mindspeech range to alert one of the Guards outside this room, I do not: Lionwind's eyes are still fixed on the other boy who they haven't gotten to yet.
She nods. Mindspeaks the guard. :One down, one to go. Is he free to leave? He ran off and I don't know if he was already lectured or whatever:
Lionstar gets to work. The 'don't' set-command, in addition to being less broad, also seems a bit less deeply stuck in place, and the process goes faster.
Lionwind sighs, stretches. "Well, that is that. Any other questions, or - do you need anything -?"
"Good, good." Lionwind pats her shoulder again. "I will see you for our lesson in two days, then. Excellent work just there - I would not normally have introduced set-command removal this early, but you picked it up fast. As usual for you."
Skan, it turns out, has been waiting for her nearby, practicing his aerial maneuvers. He swoops down and lands. "Are you all right?"
"Yes please." And when they get to her house she hugs him and goes in to tell her mother about her day.
It's a personal note from Urtho! He congratulates Azabel on her new-awakened mage-gift, and says that he would like her to report to his office at her convenience so he can check her Gifts again and make sure she ends up placed into the right classes for her strength of potential.