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“It’s not a waste of time,” I counter, glaring at Jackson. “It’s the assignment.”

“The assignment was to get the marble to do something. If your powers aren’t telekinesis, why would you try to lift it?”

I stare at him, confused. “Well, how do you know my powers aren’t telekinesis?”

He smirks a little. “Because if they were, you’d probably have lifted the marble by now.”

I blink at him, half baffled by his logic and half…well, half persuaded. I turn back to the marble, which hasn’t moved an inch.

“Maybe you’re right,” I murmur. “Tony wasn’t able to move the marble because his magic has nothing to do with lifting marbles.”

“Alvez is just spinning his wheels, having us all take shots in the dark, hoping we turn something up. Next week he’ll have us trying to do something else.”

“Well, that sucks,” I sigh, slumping a little. “I really wanted to make it float.”

There’s a long silence between us as I scowl at the marble, my hand pressed to his, wondering what the hell I’m supposed to do next.

“Wait, really?” Jackson softly asks.

I turn to him, confused.

He stares at me, and despite any efforts to concentrate on the assignment I find myself again a little lost in the dark blue of his eyes. Such a rare color – I lean a little closer, trying to see the details of it.

“You want to float the marble?” Jackson says softly, his hand tightening just incrementally around mine. “That’s what you’d pick, of all the possible magical gifts you could have?”

I turn my head to the side, considering it. “Well, I mean, it wouldn’t be a bad one…” I murmur, and then I smile softly. “But you’re right. I guess that I don’t want to float the

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marble.”

He smiles too. “Well then. Mission successfully completed,” Jackson says, turning back to the marble. “A+ on this one, candidate Clark, if that’s the new goal.”

I laugh a little, still studying his face. “What would you pick?” I ask.

He shrugs a little. “Don’t know,” he murmurs, “Never thought about it. You?”

about our potential gifts since we were teens. I’d bet that Rafe and Jesse have also spent a couple of idle hours wondering what they

especially as my wolf prods

eyebrows going up. “So, that’s what you’d

and he

bit of guilt. “It could help so many people. But…I mean, if I’m really telling the truth? I’d want something cool. Like flying. Or

corner of my eye I see Luca turn

his head like he clearly does not see why

squeezing his hand, willing him to believe me. “Like, even beyond just having chats with your pets, you could persuade an army of bees to

cruel,” Jackson says, shaking his head at me, “you can’t

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animal to sacrifice itself.”

little. “You’re right. I would only

the edge of the curtain, looking for the window. “So, do you want to go outside? Try to…talk to a bird

face. And my smile deepens as I study him, because I’ve just

distinctly enjoyed

smiling at him. “Let’s just…save that for another time. Maybe we can try to… explode the marble a little bit. See if one of us is

guest,” Jackson says, gesturing towards the

couch, drawing both of our gaze to him. “How much longer is this little homework session going to last?

his eyes still on his book, smirks at

back. Luca narrows his

mean,” Jackson murmurs, leaning close to whisper in my ear, “if you want to refocus the exploding attempt on a new target, the couch would also be…fine…”

to muffle the sound so Luca doesn’t know how hard Jackson has

he’s

shoulders and focusing again on

ten minutes sitting in silence then,

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wells in my body, building and building. I’m fascinated by it, especially by the comparison with Tony’s magic,

I do…nothing happens to the marble.

tactic – attempting to transform the marble into something else, rather than move or destroy it – when Jackson

she…is she okay?”

let go of his hand, spinning my head towards him.

more than a

says, studying my eyes seriously.

just stare at

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