"Ooh, yes please!" Kit smiled brightly and watched Marin's fire with wide, awe filled eyes. "Pretty~! I can make fire too! See?" He held out his hands and a small flame flickered in his palms. "I'm not very good yet, but it's enough to start a campfire or something!"
"Oh, very nice!" Marin nodded their approval, looking down at the flame in Kit's hands. "Yes, it would be really useful. Can you make other things?" The mage moved to pull their glove off, then stopped. They'd forgotten about the scars, and now that they remembered they doubted it would be good to show Kit them.
"Hmm… a little bit, yeah! I can make a little ball of light." He held his hands apart a bit and slowly managed to form a small ball of light in his hands. "It's good for when it's dark in a cave or at night and stuff! I can also make little sparkles—" He demonstrated, sparkles of light emitting from his fingertips, "—but they don't really do much. And I can fly, obviously… if I can do any other magic than that, I haven't discovered it yet."
"Oh, those are really good magics," Marin complimented. "They all sounds really useful, even the sparkles. You could use them to distract an enemy, one day." The mage lightly patted Kit's back, nodding some.
"I only have one other magic." The mage reached out, pulling the shadow of from under a nearby tree. They rolled it into a ball, holding it between thumb and forefinger.
Kit grinned at the praise, brushing the beads of sweat off of his forehead with the back of one hand. It seemed like using magic was pretty exhausting to him. He lit up with awe again when Marin started manipulating the shadows. "Woahhh! That's so cool!" He smiled brighter, reaching out to try and touch the shadow ball.
Marin held the back for a moment longer, then headed it over after they were sure it was safe. Is was soft, malable, like there was a skin holding the soft liquid insides together.
"Be careful," the mage said softly. "Don't break it, shadows can burn just as much as fire like this."
"Oooh~…" Kit carefully held the shadow ball in his hands, wanting to make sure he wouldn't break it. "Cool! How does a power like this help you in combat or survival or stuff like that?" He asked curiously, turning his gaze up to Marin for a moment.
"Well, with these, I can throw them," Marin explained, "And they'll burst and toss the shadow inside everywhere. And, with some time and enough concentration and energy, I can make portals. It's really advanced, though, and even I haven't perfected it." The mage smiled slightly, though it soured some as they thought of the battles they had fought in.
"Wow!" Kit carefully returned the shadow ball to Marin, still smiling brightly. "That's really cool! I wonder if I'll have stronger magic when I'm older?" He started floating again so he was closer to Marin's eye level, his tail flicking back and forth in the air.
Marin slowly started to undo the shadow bomb, letting it slip out of their fingers and back to the tree it belonged with.
"I think you will," the mage said, looking over. "And it'll be so cool."
"Yeah! I bet I'll be cool like you when I'm older!" Kit grinned up at Marin and took their hand again to start leading them along. "I'm gonna try and learn all sorts of cool magic. Maybe I'll even be able to make it strong enough that I could fight with it!"
Marin held Kit's hand lightly, following along with his pace.
"I think you'll be able to fight well," Marin said, thoughtful, "With you this young with such good magic, you'll be quite strong the more you grow." Marin nodded, looking sure in this outcome.
"Yeah! There's a lot of fae who are super good at magic, so hopefully I can do the same!" He smiled brightly and laughed a bit, bobbing through the air. "It'll be a few miles until we make it to where the village and the forest are. We can take a break to rest whenever you like!"
"Okay then!" Marin laughed softly, looking at the child as he bobbed up and down. "And I'm sure you'll be super good at magic too. And I can walk until we get to the village." The mage smiled just the smallest bit, looking out.
"You know, you really are a good guide."
Kit flushed a bit, still smiling. "W-Well, I'm glad you think so! I'll try my best to guide you as well as I can! Do you have any questions?" He asked curiously. "It can be about anything. I can try and answer anything you have."
"Yes, I do have one," Marin said, nodding. They were glad they could make Kit feel happy, it seemed.
"What kind of people live in the village? Are they nice?" The mage hummed some, Willow kicking her legs to the tune.
"Oh, yeah! They're all really nice. It's almost entirely fae living there, so everything is really pretty and colorful. I believe a few humans have chosen to make a permanent resident there as well, and the fae do their best to accommodate them! They get jobs and such as well. It's a very tight knit community." Kit trilled softly and spun in the air a bit.
Marin nodded some as Kit explained, looking out around them.
"It sounds really nice," they said. "Is it your village, or do you live somewhere else?" The mage lowered their hood once it seemed it wouldn't be raining anymore, Willow going up to rest on their hair in turn.
(finds this… sees Magical Fluffiness…. STALKING)
(Sweet baby and traumatized mage uwu)
(big UwU)
"Nah, I live closer to the border! We don't live in a village, per se. We've got a small community in the forest by the border with a few families. It's really pretty there!" Kit grinned brightly up at Marin and kept floating along. "I've been to the village a lot, though, when my parents send me out for supplies."
"Ah, I see." Marin nodded, offering a small smile in turn. "Well, I'm glad to know you've been here a lot, then, it's good to know my guide knows where he's going." Marin hummed with their words, looking at Kit.
"Yeah! The village is super cool. It's near a mountain range as well, so a lot of the residents like to go hiking! There's some dangerous animals there too, though, so you're supposed to make sure you've got a trail guide with you so you know what to avoid." He hummed softly to himself as he walked.
"That sounds very cool," Marin said, chuckling faintly. "And it's good I have such a good guide with me, so I know what's dangerous." The mage looked in the direction they were going, toying with the edge of their gloves.