2019.10.05 Page 1081 - Lesson Over, Class Begun

**Raine:** Thank you, Ms Roselyn. Although that _**was**_ a pretty mean trick.
**Roselyn:** Desperation can be a good motivator.
**Roselyn:** And little embarrassment never killed anyone.
**Roselyn:** But for what it’s worth, if you’d failed… I could have wiped his memory of it.
**Red:** _**What?!**_ You’re bluffing!
**Roselyn:** Then again, it does sometimes damage the mind, and it doesn’t seem like he has much mind to spare.
**Red:** _**Hey!**_
**Roselyn:** Anyway, I was serious when I said it’s going to take more than one lesson to master your gift. But you have… _potential._ How would you feel about me teaching you magic?
**Raine:** Teach me? Like… as your student? …It’s not going to be as intense as this every time, is it?
**Roselyn:** No, no. We’d start from the ground up. The basics. Just a few lessons, while you’re staying here.
**Raine:** I… I’d like that. I’d like that a lot! I’ve always wanted formal magic training, outside of books.
**Roselyn:** Good. We’ll start tomorrow, then. But for now, go on. Have fun with your friends. I have work to do.
**Raine:** O-okay! Thank you so much again, Ms Roselyn!
**Roselyn:** (thoughts) _…Potential, indeed._