A small child has an imaginary friend, a favourite stuffed toy, and a puppy. The three do not get along — the puppy has tried to eat the toy many times, the toy endlessly needles the imaginary friend for not being real, and the imaginary friend has learned a piercing whistle to annoy the puppy. But now they must put aside their differences and work together… to defeat the monster that lives in their child’s closet. -- Tergon
Everyone who knows about magic knows two things. First, those born with magic in their bones can have that magic... leak. Second, belief is a tremendously powerful thing. In the wrong circumstances, it can change the nature of reality.
Elven parents know this from the start. Parents of other natural-born magic folk... tend to be surprised. But not so as surprised as the children themselves.
Koyok was five, and had the kind of parents who said, "That's nice dear," and hushed him off to other places. Preferably where he didn't bother them with whatever he was talking about. It was no surprise that a child in those circumstances had imaginary friends.
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