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"But if the elves don’t know you have powers, hoould they know to put the whammy on you?"

"How else would you explain the fact that I went fro remedial?"

"You really think it’s elves?" Rod asked Owen

"I don’t know about that, but I think e has been pretty drastic, and I’d like to knohy"

"I don’t know about you, but I’ has dead spots, do you?"

"That’s a good theory," Owen said vaguely, which unsettledHe took a couple of things that looked like small antique brooches out of his box and pinned the to theto look up at it Then he took a crystal object in ahis hand at it a few tiht went up and down

"What does that do?" I asked

"It ic in and out of you" He stuck siot our powers in the same incident, I think it’s best to test both of us," he explained as he waved his hand and hts appeared "And Rod, you’ll be our control, since nothing’s happened to your powers lately" He rigged up Rod, then said, "Now, all three of us will do the sah so Granny’s version of the spells did help a little Rod couldn’t even argue aboutunorthodox methods, since the results were so obviously better That didn’t ood I just didn’t fail entirely I was still tiring easily frolance at Owen didn’t reassureat his device, not in concentration but in concern

I caught nment on the whiteboard, but before I could psych h to do it, Owen cried out, "Stop! Don’t do anyto turn into a frog," I said

"No, you’re not," Owen said absently as he focused on his device "But if I’ out of ic all around We have enhanced circuits in this building"

"But she’s not drawing on the," I said, heaving a sigh

"No, I don’t think so I think you’re doing the best you can do hat you’ve got, but you don’t have much"

"In other words, I’m a lousy wizard"

"You’re not a wizard That’s the probleave you ic in you"

"But I didn’t haveimmune is"

"Not exactly Remember how I can channel power froroar linked to hiic is inert I have to activate it to use it That’s a lot of what being a wizard ic inherent in the environical people just have that power flow through theic can work on theical immunes, it remains inert and unused, so it doesn’t work for anyone unless it’s removed from you What that explosion must have done was activate the power you had in you at the ti out of you, but any newin is as inert as it would nor as you don’t use up the activated power When it’s gone, it’s gone"

"Is it the same for you?" I couldn’t process what this et his powers back Losing theht be more than he could take

He shook his head "No, I’ neer, the sa me the power I needed to draw upon more power Granny would say it primed the pump But since your natural state is immunity and you’ve never had the ability to activate power, all it did was activate whatever was in you at that tiave iven nosis "I’m so sorry, Katie"