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She blew out a breath, nodded, and carried her pot into the ht on the fifty-yard line

She put it down, then looked back at us, held up a finger "One thing first," she yelled as alked toward her, and then leaned down and did a tidy cartwheel across the grass, followed by a front handspring

When she came up, she pulled down her shirt, pushed her hair out of her eyes "I’ve alanted to do that," she said with a grin "Figured I’d get it in now in case I don’t get another chance"

"You are rin

We took the positions we’d agreed upon--four roughly cardinal points around her, fifteen feet away

She pulled out a can of white spray paint, grinned as she shook it up, thearound inside

"I’ve alanted to do this, too," she said, and began to spray white symbols around the crucible, symbols of alchemy

When that was done, she tossed the can away, pulled a vial from her pocket, and emptied it into the crucible

"What is this, exactly?" Ethan asked

"A little river water, a little scraping froley Field, and sand from Oak Street Beach, and a few other odds and ends, coic of ain "Or at least that’s the theory"

She pulled a box ofit up while she waited for our nods

"Ready," Ethan said, and she nodded

"And ae go," she said, and whipped thesulfur into the air

She dropped the flame into the crucible Alan to rise fro upward in a coluore’s scents into the air Sic

The slow orange in the lights Mallory took a seat on the ground

"While we have a ot?"

Jonah looked startled by the question "I’ave him a bland look

"That was a setup?"

"It was supposed to be No spark?"

He rolled his eyes "I’ to discuss this with you"

I narrowed aze at hiot later