Angelica recognized the signs of magical problems very quickly; she'd been there too often herself. Despite all her efforts, all her training, she still struggled with the nature of her own magic. She stopped to watch, thinking that she might gain a few pointers.

"Does your magic respond to pleas?" she asked, startled but interested by Janelle's approach, and entirely willing to believe that it might be effective. "Mine never does, but perhaps I'm only asking it the wrong way."