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"I like your color."

She spoke quietly and smiled hopefully. Fai and Mangetsu shared a glance.

"His what?"

Mangetsu spoke loudly, not intentionally but naturally. If you weren't used to her you might think she was shouting. Katia was not used to her.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

Mangetsu cocked her head.

"What the hell are you apologizing for?"

"Mangetsu, your language."

"What about my language?"

"You used the 'h' word…"

"It's not a cuss, it's a place and if you don't shut up about it you can go there."

They were left glaring at each other but that was normal and Fai was so used to it that it didn't faze him. But Katia was staring like she expected Mangetsu to burst into flames. She looked absolutely terrified of her and Fai smiled reassuringly.

"I'm sorry, we were just wondering what you meant."

"Your color…"

She was watching Mangetsu carefully and Fai moved in front of her to catch her attention.

"My what?"

"The color that's all around people; yours is pretty."

"His aura," Mangetsu corrected automatically, "You're seeing his aura. What color is it?"

Fai wondered why she was asking. She already knew.

"It's… well, it's either blue or purple."

"What do you-"

"Mangetsu lower your voice."

Mangetsu took a deep breath and continued with her voice at a human decibel.

"What do you mean, 'either'? You can see it; it's either one or the other."

"Well," Fai reasoned for the girl, "maybe she's just picking up on the blue tones. After all, you can't have purple without blue-"

"Fai I've seen your aura everyday for years and I'm looking at it right now. It's purple. It's not blue, it's not purple with blue tones, it's purple."

She turned to Katia.

"You can see that it's purple right?"

No answer.

"Right?"

She asked louder and Katia shrank back with a whimper, making Mangetsu curse.

"Sorry, I just don't understand."

They all stared at one another for a moment before Fai had another idea. He rocked forward onto his hands and knees and started drawing in the snow with his finger. Mangetsu arched her eyebrows.

"Uh… sweetie? What'cha doing?"

Fai sat back and admired his handiwork before turning to Katia.

"Can you tell what that is?"

"It's a cat."

"Mangetsu!"

"What?"

"I was asking Katia. Katia, can you see the kitty I drew right there?"

The little girl leant closer to the drawing, casting wary glances at Mangetsu.

"I don't… see anything. I'm sorry."

"No, it's okay."

"Don't apologize sweets, nasty habit."

Fai turned to Mangetsu and spoke in low Ruskian while Katia turned her attention to an orange tabby with gold eyes that had recently appeared.

"Mangetsu I think she's colorblind.

"…What does that mean? She can't see colors? But if she knows that there's purple and blue-"

"She can see colors but if they're similar she has trouble telling the difference. The cat just blended in with the snow. She probably can't tell red from orange or dark blue from black."

Mangetsu bit her lip.

"Some colors look the same to her-"

"I get it, I'm just thinking."

She fiddled with a discarded cigarette on the ground between them until Fai stilled her hand and she came back from whatever trip her mind had just taken.

"Usually magic is a perfect system; if you're good at sound magic your hearing is good. If you're good at attack magic chances are you're already a good tactical thinker. If you can see auras you should… not be color blind…"

"I think," Fai corrected, "that you're used to court magicians. It's the other way around. If you have good hearing, you're trained in sound magic. If you're a good tactical thinker, you're trained in attack magic. But you can't be trained to see auras, you either can or you can't. She's just unlucky I think."

Mangetsu shrugged.

"It's weird, that's all."

Fai nodded. He saw Katia shiver and was instantly concerned. She was dressed just as warmly as they were, but she was smaller and it was probably harder for her to keep her body temperature up. He held out an arm and she hesitated before clambering closer and cuddling up to him. Mangetsu rolled her eyes.

"Adorable."

ありがとう

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