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usually shy of strangers, and Bicky tipped her head back for a scratch beneath her chin. “Try and see if you can figure out what she is thinking.”
    Yasra frowned as she concentrated for the thousandth time and tried to communicate with Bicky. She had tried this so many times and failed every time. She didn’t think this time would be any different. And she was right. Until Dendri reached out and touched her hand. The minute he did so she could suddenly hear Bicky’s thoughts.
    *Scratch, scratch. The man feels good. I like the man* she said in her head.
    Dendri dropped his hand away and she could no longer hear Bicky’s thoughts.
    “No?” Dendri asked. “Very well. Let’s try fire.” He picked up a book and set it on the floor. “Burn it,” he said.
    Yasra looked down at the book and tried to start a flame. Even the smallest tendril of smoke. But there was nothing. Until Dendri reached out and touched her once more. Suddenly she could see the molecules that made up the paper and she moved them faster and faster until they began to burn. The book burst into flame. Bess cried out and quickly stomped on the book to put out the flames.
    “Do you see now? Can you feel the Gestalt?”
    “Yes. I feel it now,” she whispered.
     
    “Good. Now try to read my mind. Tell me what I am thinking.” He dropped his touch away and she turned her attention to his face. It was such a good face. A strong and handsome one. She concentrated on him, trying to divine his thoughts, but she could hear nothing. So this time it was she who reached out and touched him. The moment she did she was transported back into the white room. Him lying naked. Her beneath his touch. She pulled away with a gasp and he smiled at her.
    “I’m sorry. I’m afraid I’ve been unable to think of anything else since it happened,” he said.
    “Me too. So that’s three houses I can’t do unless you’re touching me. That leaves Vendii and Necromay.”
    “Your parents are Vendii aren’t they?”
    “Yes. And I’ve tried to affect the weather before but like everything else I’ve had no luck.”
    “Let’s try something simple. Come to the window.” He moved to the window and beckoned her forward. “The easiest thing for a Vendii to manipulate is the wind. See if you can blow that man’s hat off.”
    He pointed to a man on the street and she focused on making the wind blow. She couldn’t do it until he leaned in to her and made contact. Then the wind came and blew the man’s hat off. She laughed as he chased it down the street.
    But then she sobered. That left only one house of majic untried.
    Necromay.
    He moved out of contact with her and said, “Clear your mind. Focus on me and tell me if you sense anyone around me. I’ve been told I have a strong spirit guiding me. Tell me who it is.”
    Yasra focused carefully and then suddenly she felt she could see a shining light buzzing around his head. That light grew brighter and suddenly, in a flash, she could see a woman, with long flowing red hair that curled at the ends looking at him fondly.
    “I see a woman, with red hair. She looks at you with love.”
    “It’s my mother,” he said with a smile.
    “Oh! Really? She’s very beautiful.”
    “Thank you. She meant a great deal to me.”
    “When did she die?”
    “About ten years ago.”
    “Couldn’t you have had a powerful Necromay bring her back?”
    “You know it doesn’t work like that. When a Necromay brings someone back they aren’t quite the same as when they died. I wouldn’t have wanted her to be less than what she was. Some people might not care about that, but I do. And so did my mother.”
    “So that means I’m Necromay. But…that’s the worst house to be from!”
    “That’s not true. Necromay is a very powerful house. Death majic is dangerous and deadly, but managed properly it can be very useful. For instance, you could talk to my mother and tell me what she is saying, feeling…thinking. It would make me very