And Theo will notice... a spark. There is magic in his father, yes, and it's unlike Sadde's and Kero's in the same way Windy's magic is—presumably Moon magic, then. But still, it's only a faint note.

Huh.

Okay, well, he comes out of meditation and reports this. Then frowns. "I don't remember seeing this… before?"

"Seeing what?"

"The spark thing. I'm pretty sure I meditated when dad was around before? I dunno."

He looks at William, then Kero.

Who shrugs.

It's not like Theo has any more of an idea than them.

"So… what does that actually mean, then? Just that I could use a card if I were given one…?"

"Or other kinds of magic, but less than they could."

"… Other kinds of magic?"

"Sorcery, like what Clow Reed used to create the cards."

"Oh? What sorts of things can you do with it?"

"Yeah, no," says Theo. "We already tried this and he has no idea."

"Sorry."

He shrugs. "It'd be nice if we knew some way to find out more about this, but we also don't know where the other magicians are, who presumably exist, somewhere." He rolls his eyes, again. "Oh, and I have some weird speed-running thing, which is kinda on the fritz because of course it is, the magic can't just be nice."

"Oh? … Is that normal?"

"Nnnope, pretty sure it's not," he says, smiling somewhat frustratedly.

"He has some magic potential that expresses itself like that."

"And is, annoyingly, quite fritzy."

His dad looks at him, bemused, then says, "Okay, so what have you done so far? ... Do Sadde's parents know about this too?"

"My father may go jump into a volcano for all I care, Mum knows it and has been helping. Kinda."

"Oh, right," he says, frowning. "Sorry about that."

"His mum hasn't actually been out and about with us much, though. We think there might be a new card, the Twin – I don't know if you saw the thing about the duplicated fountain? – but we're not sure."

"Uh. I think I saw something about that? They thought it was an art project or something?"

"And it might be! Or it might not. Isn't this fun."