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A few days later

Hyades wipes at the sweat on her brow as she slowly pulls the molten glass while blowing into the glass straw. The book made it sound so easy. It was not.

Her hands shake as she continues to stretch and blow, creating the pipe base of the flute. It was good practice for her in so many ways. One accidental touch with too much strength and she'd have to start all over again. She also had to maintain her flames on her arms to keep the glass hot enough to work with. It had been a lot of trial and error for the past week.

She closes her eyes and takes another deep breath, preparing herself to continue her slow and careful molding of Gil's flute. Slowly, oh so slowly, she blows against the force of the glass, carefully rotating the whole project while using the pads of her fingers to guide the forming tube.

Something felt off though. Her eyes snap open at the feeling. Out of the corner of her eye, she catches a shadow on her arm. A pretty damn solid shadow.

Her scream of surprise is trapped as it over inflates the flute pipe, causing it to burst when the molten glass stretches too thin and cools.

T ends up on his ass, his eyes wide in surprise at the sound of Hyades shriek. His hands flying up reflexively to protect his face. "Fuck!" He looks up at her, realizing that nothing else was happening. "You okay?" He asks in concern. "Sorry-Was hopin' ta just ya know- Come and go without bothering ya…" He rubs the back of his neck. "My bad. I know you've been struggling with that…" He blurts out.

"Dad dammit… I'm fine!" Hyades huffs as she looks over the ruined pipe. With a huff she collects flames in the palms of her hands and begins to roll the glass back into a ball, "And yeah, I have been having a hard time with this…"

T frowns as he studies her, "Anything I can help with?" He offers.

"It's just a lot to control. Glass work is delicate, and I'm, not." She rolls her eyes before she douses her flames and continues to roll the glass ball in her hands.

"Oh…" T frowns as his brows furrow. "Have you tried gloves first?" He asks after several moments.

"I burn gloves, and I have to have the fire at a constant temperature or the air won't distribute evenly."

"Nah, I mean blowing on up and trying not to pop it." He asks, "So you can try ta be more careful with easily popped things?"

"It's not the same with molten glass…" Hyades shakes her head, "Luckily I can just spin it all back together and try again."

"Well, what is it like then?" T questions curiously.

"It's hard. The air wants to go wherever there is the least resistance, and I have to keep the glass spinning, or else part of it will cool, even if it's just a fraction of a degree."

"Oh…" T pouts before he smiles again. "Have you talked to Carlos about it? I'm sure that kid could figure out a way to make it easier for you."

"Maybe… The book I got from Yensid-" Her eyes widen, "Oh! I saw Yensid yesterday!" She drops the slowly cooling ball of glass into the pile of sand at her feet as she rushes to another corner of her room.

"Oh?" T's head tilts to the side. "What's goin' on with that old geezer?"

"He thinks he knows what's making things hard for Gil!" She picks her bag up and shifts through it until she finds the books Yensid had given her.

T perks up at that, "Really?" He asks in excitement. "What's up?" He asks as he bolts to her side in his excitement.

"He called it Dyslexia. It's when letters flip on themselves or switch places in words. He said it's not all that uncommon, and can easily be worked with." She opens one of the books and passes it to T.

T sighs in relief, "Wicked." He takes the book and reads over the page. After a moment he looks up with a grin, "They have suggestions on how to help too." He claps the other girl on the back. "Fuck yeah Deez, good lookin' out."

"And Yensid gave me some workbooks to help Gil." She passes a few floppy, brightly colored book to T.

T looks to Deez in surprise, "Seriously, he's just helping Gil-" He snaps his fingers, "Like that? No questions?" He asks in amazement.

"Well yeah." Hyades shrugs, "He's amazing. He says that if a person wants to learn, nothing should stop them. He came here just to help teach vks because he didn't agree with the king about the isle concept to begin with."

"Huh." T's brows furrow. "That's good to know…I mean I assumed he wasn't a complete piece of shit since you two chill- But still, good to know..."

Hyades grins, "I think you'd like him."

"Agree to disagree."

"If you say so." Hyades chuckles, "But I'm really sure of it."

T groans, "Well, we'll probably never know…"

Hyades just shrugs. "So you want to hold onto the book for Friday or do you want me to bring them?" She asks though she tosses her bag away before T answers.

T nods, "I'd like to read through it if that's cool. Get a better grasp of what the fuck is going on with him," He crosses his arms. "Knew he wasn't stupid."

"Right! I can't wait to tell him." Hyades smiles excitedly, her heart lighter all over again with the retelling, "Yensid said complete geniuses have it, even he struggled with it when he was younger. It's just a different way the mind works."

"Huh…" T frowns, "That'll certainly cheer Gil up. You practically hero-worship the old man." His nose twitches in disgust. "So he must be something else."

"So… Why were you creeping in my room, hoping to get in and out before I noticed?"

"That's a need to know, and you don't need to know." T looks away.

"Uh… It's me… In my room…" She crosses her arms over her chest at the sheer audacity of T's claim, "That makes it my need to know."

"Uh… uh… uh…" T stutters, before his eyes light up with mischief, "Surprise!" He pulls out his dagger and slices her arm. "Ah-ha!" He says proudly when the white scratch heals before he can even blink. "Yeah. I figured we could add it to our game. Keep our reflexes up, ya know?"

What. The. Fuck? Hyades looks down at her arm before she glares at T, "So you snuck into my room, scared the hell out of me, made me lose concentration and break the flute I was making, all because you want to add surprise attacks to our hide and seek game?"

"Yeah pretty much, still my bad-wasn't thinking, same-ya know, and yeah, a lot actually," T responds to the questions. "So what do you think? Wanna add some reflex training to our game? I would encourage you to attack me, and do encourage it- But I feel like it would just be wasted breath…"

She really didn't buy that, but she had to admit the thought of being able to practice defense with T was appealing. Should she let the rest go and just be happy that they were still planning to continue their game? "It does sound like fun." She admits after a slight hesitation, "And if you really want me to practice trying to hit you… Gil made me a couple of wooden swords, it was the only way I would practice with them.

"I do," T agrees, "I think it'll really help both of us out too." He adds. "And doesn't it?" He flashes a devil-may-care grin.

Hyades smiles as she rolls her eyes, "Fine. You win." Sometimes it was just easier to let things go with T… Like why he'd been holding a bag to her arm.

"Wicked." T beams at her. "Let's not uh, mention this game to the others though, kay? I don't need the Kraken or Dragon up my ass..."

"I'd think they'd be happy about it," Hyades tilts her head to the side, "Anything to get me practicing."

"Mmm, maybe you're right…You know them better." T shrugs, "Your call I guess."

"Maybe we'll just let them find out on their own." Hyades chuckles, "It could be fun."

T smirks at Hyades. "Now who's the shit starter?"

Hyades grins, "You're a bad influence, I guess."

"What can I say, it's one of my many talents." T chuckles lowly as he shakes his head. "But seriously… Why the fuck are you back here? I wasn't expectin' you to be here, but you weren't at the hangout, or the beach, or by the well, or with E or C or at the docks- All of which is safer than here..."

Hyades looks away as she tucks her hands behind her back, "My father found me in town and told me I needed to come home yesterday."

T sighs, as he looks away. "Well, sounds like you're good then- Why don't you go make the flute by the beach and I'll swing by later to bring you back to the docks."

"Gil sometimes shows up at the beach, and I want to keep the flute a secret until it's done."

"Well let's play hide and seek in the fourth quadrant and I'll find you on the beach over on the west side?" He offers instead, concern lacing his usually toneless voice.

Hyades shrugs, "Sounds good to me." She takes a deep breath, smiling at the scent of fried food. "Hey, I have something I needed to give Evie. Since you're heading over there would you mind dropping it off with her?" She walks over to her bag, "I was trying to give it to her yesterday, but…" She shrugs as she digs a small box out of her bag.

T's eyes narrow, "Fucking seriously?" He glares at her in suspicion. "I swear I was keeping that on the DL so much better than this- Fuck" He turns around and kicks at the cooled glass bits in frustration. "Damn it," He turns back to Hyades, "how did you know?"

Hyades blinks, halting mid-step, "Didn't you say something about going to E's?"

"No." T frowns "I didn't…" He narrows his eyes, "I'm pretty damn sure anyways…" He drops his eyes. "Fuck-Did I?" He grumbles unsurely.

"Huh." Hyades furrows her brow, "I don't know then. I don't remember how I figured it out, but I'm pretty sure you've been bringing her food for a few months now. Oh," She walks over to a box covered tomb, "I have a tart for her too."

T lets out a sigh, "Look I could give a fuck about you knowing-Fuck knows your not going to humiliate her- But I'd really like to know how you knew so I can avoid it in the future…"

"I don't know. I don't know how I know a lot of the things I know," Hyades frowns as she stacks the smaller box on top of the tart box, "I just know I know them."

T studies her for a moment before he looks away with a pout. "Damn it." He sighs, bringing up his hand to rub his temples. "Great… I'll just try harder to be more discreet."

"I don't think it was anything you did… Just… Connections?" It was hard to describe, and she wasn't even sure how she did it, but sometimes things just clicked for her and made a certain sense. "I don't usually talk about it, sorry." Was she just that comfortable with T now?

"Nah, I don't blame you… Most don't like people playing accidental connect the dots with their lives…" T narrows his eyes. "Is it another god thing?" He takes the boxes from her.

Hyades groans as she throws her hands in the air. "That's the million treasures question right there. My father and Yensid are both pretty sure I'm still going to develop more powers as I get older, but I don't know." She huffs as she pulls herself up on another casket.

T closes his eyes and shakes his head. "I'm so fucking sorry." He sighs. "That really fucking blows."

"It's getting better since I dropped out of school." Hyades shrugs before she holds one finger up between the two of them and let's a blue and orange flam dance between along its tip, "I have more time to focus on things that matter to me instead of plotting and evil revenge theories."

"Yeah, less stupid probably helps with that…" T nods in understanding as he watches Hyades make the flame dance. "And clearly whatever your doing is helping with that." He gestures to the orange flame. "You can control the temp now- That's fucking different- And because you probably won't see your cousin in a minute-" He looks away, "Proud of you." He reaches up, and ruffles her hair awkwardly, "I know that had to be a bitch to get under control." He adds stepping away.

Hyades blinks in surprise and the flame dies, "Thanks." She wasn't sure why that meant so much to her, but it did. It had taken a lot of work, and sometimes she missed being in school with everyone else, but she didn't miss the stupid evil classes. She had a lot more time to do the things she wanted to do and work on herself in the process. It felt really good to have someone else acknowledge that.

"No problem," He shrugs, "You really earned it. A year ago you would have flared in surprise when you caught me- Today not even a singed brow." He grins at her. "Not that I'm complaining- Just ya know, proud of the work you put in to be with your cousin and even more than that- Comfortable in your own skin." He drops his eyes, "It's been showing..."

"That means a lot to me," Hyades admits as she stares down at her hands. T was just as uncomfortable as she was, but he'd gone out of his way to appreciate her hard work. No need to dwell on the awkwardness of it though. She clears her throat before she stands up, a cocky grin on her lips, "So the western shoreline huh?"

"In section four," T confirms. "It'll probably give you a week or so…" He adds "So..yeah- I should go deliver this..."

"See you later then." Hyades nods before she turns to start gathering the things she wanted to take with her.

"Later." T dismisses throwing a hand over his shoulder after slipping the boxes into his bag, sending the thick, oily scent of the chip shop wafting around the room.


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