Isabella's gift was a common one where Dominic was from? Given how much the town had made of it, and how powerful Bruno knew she could be, it was surprising. "Well, we all lost our gifts for a while when the candle went out and our Casita collapsed," he said. "But I'm not really too surprised that Luisa's failed first; she really had been working herself too hard and when the magic started to weaken the first time, well, I guess something had to give. I'm just sorry it was so rough on her." It hurt to see his niece crying like that and not be able to help.
"And I did actually ask Julieta about the glasses thing when she was dating Augustin, since he needs them too. She said that she could undo it, but neither she nor Augustin thought it was a problem that needed fixing. The same's probably true with Mirabel." Plus she'd thought that the glasses made Agustin look extra cute, but Bruno wasn't about to comment on that bit.
"I'm not sure about the leg or the teeth though. I mean, I've seen her heal broken limbs and knocked-out teeth, but that was pretty much right away; maybe the next day, at most. So it was more just healing the teeth and bones back into place. I don't know if she could grow whole new ones to replace ones lost a long time ago."
And his vision about Mirabel had been unclear because his magic was changing? He wasn't sure what he thought about that. He'd always thought it had been unclear because Mirabel's future was undecided, not because of anything he was doing. He wasn't even aware magic gifts could change. Grow, yes, if the person wasn't holding themselves back- Isabella was proof of that-, but not change in any fundamental way.
One thing he was sure of though. "I would've hurt Mirabel if I'd shared the vision," he said. "She was upset enough already; I wasn't going to make her cry again. I'd already made that mistake with Dolores. And I know what it's like to be treated badly for something you can't help; I didn't want everyone thinking she was a jinx too. It's bad enough when you're an adult, but she was just a little girl."
"The rest of it though, I don't know..." He rubbed his arm awkwardly, looking at the crystal ball. "I mean, I'd still need the sand; I can't just make the tablets out of nothing, after all. And I have seen things before without going through the whole ritual, but not big things, just little general stuff, like about telenovelas."
"But all that stuff about choosing people's paths? I don't think I could do anything like that. That'd just give them more reason to think I was making bad things happen, and that's the last thing I need. Plus the whole thing just feels wrong, you know?"
"Maybe we could work on learning to communicate though. I was never really good at the whole... communication thing, even as a kid, so that might help a bit. If you can teach that without doing the other stuff first, I mean."
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"And I did actually ask Julieta about the glasses thing when she was dating Augustin, since he needs them too. She said that she could undo it, but neither she nor Augustin thought it was a problem that needed fixing. The same's probably true with Mirabel." Plus she'd thought that the glasses made Agustin look extra cute, but Bruno wasn't about to comment on that bit.
"I'm not sure about the leg or the teeth though. I mean, I've seen her heal broken limbs and knocked-out teeth, but that was pretty much right away; maybe the next day, at most. So it was more just healing the teeth and bones back into place. I don't know if she could grow whole new ones to replace ones lost a long time ago."
And his vision about Mirabel had been unclear because his magic was changing? He wasn't sure what he thought about that. He'd always thought it had been unclear because Mirabel's future was undecided, not because of anything he was doing. He wasn't even aware magic gifts could change. Grow, yes, if the person wasn't holding themselves back- Isabella was proof of that-, but not change in any fundamental way.
One thing he was sure of though. "I would've hurt Mirabel if I'd shared the vision," he said. "She was upset enough already; I wasn't going to make her cry again. I'd already made that mistake with Dolores. And I know what it's like to be treated badly for something you can't help; I didn't want everyone thinking she was a jinx too. It's bad enough when you're an adult, but she was just a little girl."
"The rest of it though, I don't know..." He rubbed his arm awkwardly, looking at the crystal ball. "I mean, I'd still need the sand; I can't just make the tablets out of nothing, after all. And I have seen things before without going through the whole ritual, but not big things, just little general stuff, like about telenovelas."
"But all that stuff about choosing people's paths? I don't think I could do anything like that. That'd just give them more reason to think I was making bad things happen, and that's the last thing I need. Plus the whole thing just feels wrong, you know?"
"Maybe we could work on learning to communicate though. I was never really good at the whole... communication thing, even as a kid, so that might help a bit. If you can teach that without doing the other stuff first, I mean."