Page 94 of Seer

“Can I do the connection with you too?”

I blinked again. “Uh, I don’t know. I’ve never heard of a DM connecting with anyone but Wonders.”

Cal leaned forward. “It’d be an interesting experiment.”

Honestly, there wasn’t any reason it shouldn’t work. Just like Cal’s idea of having Wonders connect with more than one DM, why couldn’t I connect with a magic carrier like I connected with a Wonder?

“Let’s try it. But let me do Lloyd’s first so you can see what it’s like.”

Lloyd set his plate and cup to the side and extended his hand across the table. I did the same, grasping his hand so we were palm-to-palm.

Closing my eyes, I reached out with my magic. I said, “Silvia, what I’m doing is sending my magic out to find Lloyd’s. He’s doing the same.” I found the tendril of Lloyd’s magic and twined mine around it. “Now our magics have found each other and we’re sort of tying them together. Then I send a kind of pulse of my intent to connect through the link, and Lloyd sends his. Without the intent, the connection won’t form.”

Lloyd and I opened our eyes. The connection glowed between us. I smiled. “Done.” We released our hands and I looked at Silvia. “If I concentrate, I can use the connection to get a sense of Lloyd’s basic mood and roughly where he is.”

Lloyd’s eyebrows shot up. “You can? I thought you two weren’t bonded yet?” He examined the connection between me and Cal.

I shrugged. “Our connection is strong enough by itself.”

He whistled. “Wow.”

I turned back to Silvia. “Do you still want to connect with me?”

She nodded. “I do. I want to be part of your magic District, like Lloyd is.”

“Okay.” I laid my hand palm up on the table. Silvia clasped it with her own, and I closed my eyes. “Now see if you can find the magic inside you and encourage it to reach out to me.”

I waited for a moment, but she made a frustrated noise. “I can’t feel anything.

It wasn’t surprising that Silvia, who’d only discovered she even had magic a couple of weeks ago, couldn’t find it within herself.

“No worries, Silvia. I can do it for you.”

Her magic wasn’t as obvious as Lloyd’s, since he was basically made of magic, but because they were bonded I was able to trace hers through his.

Silvia’s magic spun in a small but energetic loop, with Lloyd’s stronger one feeding into it. I used my magic to tease out a small thread of hers, then I wrapped mine around it like I’d done to Lloyd’s.

“Okay, Silvia, I’m in contact with your magic, and you should be able to feel when I send my intent to connect.”

I shot a pulse of intent through the tied strands of our magic, and Silvia jumped slightly.

“Oh! I did feel that.”

“Good. Now think about how you want to form a connection, and push your intention toward me.”

She scrunched up her face. After a few seconds I felt a pretty forceful wave of intent along the magic, and the connection was sealed.

“Good! It’s done.”

Silvia opened her eyes. “It is?”

“Yes. We’re connected.”

Lloyd put his arm around Silvia’s shoulders and kissed her temple. “That was impressive, my love. Once you get used to your magic, you’ll be able to feel Greg on the other end of your connection.”

“Oh! Like I can feel you through our bond.”

“A lot less intensely, but similar.” He kissed her again.