"Oh, sorry! I wasn't really thinking, most people don't want to talk wishes."

"It's okay.  Can I ask how old you are?"

"I turned fourteen a few months ago."

"Happy it-was-your-birthday-a-few-months-ago!"

"Heh. Thanks, I guess. How old are you both?"

"I'm sixteen."

"I'm fifteen."

"So not too much older than me, then! Have you been to any witch-fights yet, Kaylee?"

"Nope, this'll be my first.  I'm a little nervous."

"Fighting witches kinda worries me, too. I've never seen one but I've heard about them. It does sound kinda cool, though."

"...yeah, I could see that.  ...I might feel differently once I actually do it, though."

When it doesn't look like Taylor has anything else to say, Mallory speaks up. "Anyways, I think we should discuss the last hunt some, now that we've had time to think it over."

She summarizes the hunt in pretty fine detail, mostly for Taylor and Kaylee's sakes but also to refresh Sophie and Lianne. "So what mistakes do you think we made?"

"We shouldn't have waited to see what that whirlwind thing was doing, and should've just gone straight for the witch. Also we probably shouldn't have tried to engage all four of those familiars at once; we didn't want them coming up on us from behind, but thinking back they were ignoring us until we opened the doors, so that probably wouldn't have been an issue."

"We also weren't being careful enough with our magic. We used too much on healing and against the familiars, especially me and Alex."

"Good, those were my conclusions, too. Can anybody think of anything else?"

Lianne, Sophie, and Taylor all shake their heads.

Kaylee does too.

"Has anyone figured out any new techniques? Kaylee, what can you do?"

"Well, I haven't tried too much yet - I can make knives, they come out as throwing knives by default but I can also make, like, melee knives - I looked up knife blades on wikipedia, and there's a few different, like, shapes I can do, like for slashing or stabbing.  I haven't tried flying or anything."

"That's great! You've already worked out more than most do this soon. We can work together on more."

She smiles.  "Thanks.  So, what sort of - acrobatics - can we learn to do?"

"There's the long jump we talked about for the last hunt, and proper flying is possible, though magic-intensive. It's more feasible to just use it to change directions on a jump. Increasing your strength, flexibility, and speed beyond the standard boost you already have is a very common trick. Long jumps are useful for maneuverability, especially with you using a ranged weapon. Different aspects come more easily to different people, depending on various factors. Your wish can also impact your powers. Anything related to your weapon will come intuitively, though figuring out new shapes for it can be harder."

She nods.  "So I'll know how to do stuff with my knives, not just be able to do it easily.  Kyubey also mentioned telekinesis - has anybody managed that?"

"Some. Nothing that'd be useful for a fight."

"I can, and fairly well, but it's draining and my magical capacity isn't particularly high."