Shady

Derik cringed sympathetically. "What's the nearest town that direction that's not Foxville?"

"It was really shitty, honestly," Derik commented. "I wasn't lying when I said I didn't break any laws. I was just looking for the bastard and the guards thought I ...

"No." Derik sighed and shook his head. "Getting arrested fucked us both. I was so close to getting him this time. But we are gonna get him. You and I. ...

"Yeah," Derik agreed, even though he wasn't quite sure what it was that he was agreeing to. "It's worked out for me this long."

Derik grinned broadly, feeling accomplished that his magic delighted Kaz as much as Kaz's magic delighted him. He shrugged. "The R'hyk. It's not like an... innate? thing though, like yours ...

"Thanks!" Derik grinned, appreciating the hype. "Mine is limited by how tired I am, though. And I'm still pretty tired from earlier. But, you know..." Derik's eyes landed on a ...

Derik smirked as Kaz reassured him. It was sweet. "Mine's kinda... ah... just manipulating the natural energy of the universe, you know? Not like you do. Just, kinda, like... I ...

Derik hesitated, wondering if Kaz was going to remember. And then contemplating whether he wanted to keep it from Kaz if he didn't remember it. On one hand, it might ...

"Just wondering." Derik shrugged, glad that Kaz didn't seem to notice his slip up of asking "from your realm" -- he'd need to be more careful with that. "Gotta know ...

Derik nodded. So, it was more innate than learned. That was interesting. "I see. Is everyone in your realm born with it? Or something similar? One of the guards had ...

Derik tensed, but then laughed. "That's cool ," he repeated, unable to find another way to say it. Then he started thinking through parallels between whatever magic Kaz had and ...

Kaz had told him. And, on some level, he believed him. But he didn't envision anything like this. "That's cool ," Derik said. Much cooler than his 'apple magic'. Well, ...

Derik hastily slammed his hands over his ears, tight, when Kaz told him to then watched in wonder as Kaz utterly obliterated a whole grown-ass tree. "DUDE! THAT'S SICK AS ...

Derik also scrambled to his feet, eyeing Kaz uneasily. So, apparently, he did have electric magic. Derik didn't have the first idea how to go about fighting that, if Kaz ...

That was even less than Derik expected. Good. That meant he got to choose Kaz's memories for him. "Spoiler: we escaped," Derik deadpanned. But then looked at him thoughtfully. "Our ...