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Noah was standing around in complete and utter shock. He wasn't sure what he had just witnessed, but it was chaotic and somebody was dead and Maggie was acting like it was no big deal. A fire started in his hands, cupped in their altogether largeness. He nursed it subconsciously as a child might...

Noah opened his mouth to say something and abruptly snapped it shut as Maggie dumped the cat into his arms. He grunted in annoyance. This girl was feisty, no doubt about that. He sighed. There was no way he was going to stand around being useless and let Maggie go off on her own. "I don't know...

Noah wasn't quite sure what he was seeing was real. It was the scruffiest, most scrawny grey cat he had ever seen in his life. He realised his jaw was hanging open, so he closed it. He stood back. "A talking cat," he said slowly, trying the words out in his mouth. "An actual talking cat." He...

Noah stood below, watching Maggie advance on her seemingly tremendous climb. As he craned his neck to watch, his glasses tipped, and he barely caught them. He sniffed and put them back on, swearing under his breath as he did so. After a while of looking up and still no sign of Maggie, Noah's...

Noah watched Maggie investigate curiously. There was something about the way she moved which struck Noah as unusual, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He wondered if he ought to follow her. When she turned and asked - well, demanded - for the leg up, he considered doing the...

Noah breathed a sigh of relief and felt his brain unravel its confusion like a woolly jumper. So he wasn't about to be stuck with a knife by a short girl. His eyes studied the butterfly curiously. He brought the flame up to meet Maggie's hand and allowed it to blossom out into a bigger, dancing...

Noah scrabbled backwards, eyes focused directly on the knife. Of all outcomes to his saying "Hello," this was the least expected. He straightened himself up to his full awkward height, as slowly and cautiously as if he were facing a bear rather than a girl. Swallowing, his frazzled brain managed...

Noah came to. The world in front of his eyes was foggy. Instinctively his hand went out to feel for his glasses. He plucked them from the ground, and, giving the lenses a hasty rub with the edge of his shirt, slotted them onto his face as he sat up. His surroundings swam into focus. He wasn't...

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