A/N: Okay, so a bunch of the people who read A Brief Encounter with the Past have been asking me The Question: How the bleep did Kit lose his wizardry?!? I said maybe I would do a fanfic about it someday. So, here you go. Please note: it will probably be awhile between updates because I'm busy and I don't exactly have a plot worked out yet. Enjoy!

They were walking in the woods behind Nita's house, deliberately making for the green bowl between the highways where they had first met, and done their first joint piece of wizardry.

When they reached it, they lay back on the ground and looked at the trees.

It's nice to be away from Dair sometimes, Nita said. Kit grunted in agreement. Nita continued pensively, she's not as much of a brat as she used to be. Must be the responsibility. And her power crash.Are you okay? You're not very talkative.

Nita frowned. There's something on your mind. You can tell me, you know.Really, I'm fine.

Nita was not convinced, but she decided to let the subject drop.

It's also nice not to be on active duty. It feels like we haven't gotten any rest the past few months.Although I probably shouldn't say that, because as soon as I look at the manual again, guess what our status will be...

Kit sat up. Maybe we should check.Ohhhh, Kit! Nita whined playfully. Let's just relax.

He ignored her and pulled out his manual, paging through to his listing. He scanned the familiar text, past name, address, power level, his rank: until he saw status.

Active.

Kit sighed.

Active, right? I told you. Check mine.

He knew it would be the same, but even so he riffled the pages back to Nita's listing. Callahan, Nita...etcetera, etcetera....status:

Vacationing.