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"That," she laughs. "If I lose hold of my sorcery now I'd never forgive myself."

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"Is there going to be a better time?"

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"In several thousand years when I have run out of things to see and do."

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"I don't think things work that way."

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"They don't? Darn, then I'm just not allowed to retire ever."

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"You and me both."

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"What an unbearable tragedy. However will I cope."

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"Magic!"

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"Any idea what you're going to stop and do? Being a nomad sounds stressful unless you had, like, scouts."

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"Eh. Not super stressful? I find scheduling stifling. I show up to places and do obvious magic and usually people will ask, 'Oh can go do this for us while you're here?' And, of course, the answer is often yes. When of course I'm not near people, I just sort of... Do what I like? I don't know how people don't have things to do with magic. I'll flatten out and neaten up roads, clear trees of parasitic plants, create - not castles, but interesting things for people to find if they happen to wander by. I once carved out a cave and added musical crystals that light up and sing when touched, and that copy any tunes they hear. That sort of thing."

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"Ooh, I like the cave, I'm putting it on my Whimsy List."

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Dianira giggles. "That's how I would describe my job! Whimsy sorceress."

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"I usually have enough stuff planned in advance, but sometimes I have an hour and want to do something in it. I did the butterflies thing for my mom, by the way, she loved them, I stuck them to the walls and have them occasionally beating their wings as decoration when she asked."

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"Aww, that's cute! It might be fun to put things like that all over her house - things that are ordinary at first glance but occasionally do something magical."

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"Whimsy list!"

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"Yes," laughs Dianira. "Whimsy list. How do you consign it to a list instead of going and just doing it? I mean, scheduling makes everything straightforward, I guess, you always know what to do next, but I'd get so frustrated with it."

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"It means people can rely on me to show up if they make plans with me - for example, I am currently on my way to the library, where I will be restoring old books at a time when the librarians have arranged to have none of them checked out. And sometimes I have more than one idea at once so I'd need to write it down anyway."

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"Ehh. Fair, I guess. There's the benefit of having a bunch of us everywhere, you can do the planning thing and I can do whimsy."

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"Yep. You can have a look at my list if you run out of things," offers Kithabel.

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"Nah, I'm good. Thanks, though!"

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"You're welcome. And here's the library. See you soon."

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"Mhm!"

A few days later, she arrives. Or, is at least in the area.

"Ready to go do politics?" she asks, laughing.
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"Soon as I get the mice out of this field. Give me like two minutes and then I can meet you at the falls," says Kithabel.

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