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In Paraasilan, Esmaar, a pair of roommates are about to break a rule that, compared to the one about running in the corridors or even the one about unlicensed teleportation, is there for a good reason.

In unison, they complete their shared spell.

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with Adarin (Aestrix)

with Ekador (kappa)

with Brilliance (kappa)

with the admin (kappa)

with Teah (kappa)

with Katran (lambda)

with Hall (kappa)

with Joy (kappa)

with Kalinda (Christy Hotwater)

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"It's just a trick I can do. I think it's probably related to my special talent, because I haven't heard of anypony else being able to do it, but I don't have my cutie mark yet so I don't know for sure."

"Huh. When-ish do ponies usually get those?"

"When they're older than me but not a lot older. I'm six; ponies usually get their cutie marks between eight and ten."

"But you still have functional talents before then?"

"Well, it's usually hard to tell. Most ponies get their cutie mark the first time they realize what their talent is, and especially if it's a magic talent and not something like being good at chess, there's no good way to tell the difference between not being able to do it beforehand and just not having done it yet. Maybe if I was an ordinary pony I wouldn't have found out I could make my horn not glow until I was eight, but here I am doing lots of magic before then."

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"Huh. Are there any cases of somepony as young as you getting a cutie mark?"

"Not that I know of. But it could've happened a few times and just not been noticed by anypony who would've written it down."

"It's almost like people don't care about researchers having access to statistics. Well, I suppose it'll be informative if you wake up with one on the morning of your birthday."

She giggles. "Yes."

"How long are you planning to stay today?" asks Kaylo.

"At least a few hours, unless your sunset is soon."

"Sunset's in -" He casts a spell, he peers at the time. "Two angles, why?"

"I guess it might be different here - in Ponyville most things start to close a little after sunset when it starts getting properly dark, and I'd be allowed to stay at the library but people who didn't know the librarian well would be asked to go home."

"Library's open all night to students and authorized guests. Aar Kithen watched me summon you, I'd say you're authorized."

"Well, that's convenient."

"Yup. Something like twenty-five percent of why I haven't graduated yet."

"And what are the other three quarters?"

"Nowhere else obvious to go until I'm old enough to claim my pseudonym, and pissing off my aunt."

"Do you have an unpleasant aunt?"

"Yeah, we haven't ever really gotten along."

"Unpleasant aunts are no fun," says Blueberry. "Clover had one of those. Then she went away."

"Good for Clover. I'm stuck with my aunt until I run out of ways to piss her off, pretty much - my parents wrote up this eccentric will and I only inherit any of their money if she bails on paying for my education with it, so I'm dragging it out as long as I can or at least until I have some kind of income set up that doesn't involve her."

"That makes sense. Well, what you're doing makes sense. The eccentric will sounds... eccentric."

"They were eccentric people," Kaylo sighs.

"Sometimes people are that. Anyway, let me see if I have a better idea of interworld travel now." She commences scribbling again.

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