He waved to Conlan. “Don’t listen to your mom. You can do it. Jump!” Conlan gathered himself into a tight ball. I’d seen Curran do this a hundred times. “You can do it!” Luther prompted. Conlan leaped three feet into the air, cleared a full twelve feet, and landed in the circle. Luther’s jaw hung open. Conlan giggled and jumped out of the circle. Then back in. Then out. “So,” Luther said. “He is a shapeshifter.” “Oh yes. You’re slipping, Luther.” “I’m not slipping. He is emitting all sorts of magic, and I don’t sniff or lick other people’s children, even to diagnose their magic. That would be
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