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She is going to make an artefact that measures how much magic she has left as soon as she can make artefacts.

"So - there's a baseline just for activating them, and then what I do with them adds to the magic they're using up from me?"

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"Yes."

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"Is there any way to tell how much a thing I ask from them is going to cost?"

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"Not in advance."

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"What happens if I ask more of them than my magic can provide?"

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"Something else you're doing stops working."

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"So I have no way to tell how much cards are costing me to do things, except if something breaks when they do it," says Yvette, with a sigh. "Do they know how much magic I have left?"

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"They know what they can do with what you have, and will tell you if they can't."

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"So a lot of this is trusting my cards and building a good working relationship with them." She already knew that, but it's good to see it's more than just the power of friendship being necessary for magic reasons.

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"Yes."

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"Right. So meditation is still a good idea, even if I suck at it." Sigh. "Blair, what time will dad be home?"

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"Five. Ish. I told mom and dad a bit, but they agreed that taking off of work early now, when there's not an emergency and there might be ones in the future's a bad idea, so - normal time for them both. I can explain everything else when they're home, let you keep meditating."

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Nod. "They're not too freaked out?"

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"I mean, it was all by text message, so I couldn't really see their reactions? But no, mom didn't get super curt and dad didn't take ages to reply and then send me a novel. "

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Yvette snorts.

"All right. Thanks."

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"Mhm! And while you're not meditating - dinner requests?" Pause. Do not glare at the bear thing. "Either of you?"

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"Not picky."

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"Dessert!"

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Blair gives the bear thing a very dry look, then looks at his sister to make sure that she does in fact want him to make dessert.

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And he gets a little smile. Dessert: approved.

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"All right. Dessert for the bear thing. ... What's your name, anyway?"

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"Cerberus!" he says, pronouncing it 'Kerberos.'

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"... Like the three headed dog that guards the gate to the underworld?" says Yvette, blinking.

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"Yes. This is not my true form."

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"What is your true form?"

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