Jump In! (Lani.)

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin missed the pool. The more time he spent at Hammel, the more he was starting to learn about his power. Being able to talk to fish and breathe underwater was the coolest thing that had ever happened to him. He didn’t think it could get better than this. But he was learning that every power had a side effect. His, was that he was starting to find it harder and harder to be away from water. Honestly, he didn’t think he was a fish! As long as he had a water bottle with him at all times, his vision didn’t get too fuzzy.

Studying outside was still a possibility in this weather that was getting steadily colder. Still, it was better than being indoors, as far as studying went. Kevin sighed, reaching for his water bottle as his eyes darted over his General Science textbook. He just started high school, and so far, Physics was stumping him. Kevin shook his water bottle, but not a single blessed drop emerged. Aw, what a downer! He put down the bottle and stared at the pond hungrily. Those koi fish were extremely dumb, but they still managed to make him smile with some of their lame jokes, even though he’d heard the same one like, six times now.

Taking a look around, Kevin noticed he was the only one here. He stood, taking one last look, before tearing off his shirt and pants and jumping into the pond. It was the best feeling in the world, like every one of his pores had been parched and now they were alive. He sighed, glad no one could see how small he was. His mother had said he would reach a growth spurt yet, but he tried not to think about it as he floated in the pond, the fishes asking him why he was interrupting their laps around the pond, which he happily told them could use a surprise like him.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani woke and lazily stretched. He had become awful lazy recently. He needed to go out and steal a few things before he lost his reputation. At least the reputation he had with the underground. And besides there was competition to be thought of. Odion, as much a partner as a rival, no he couldn’t let the redhead get ahead of him. He shook his head to himself as he got out of bed. Really it wasn’t competition considering that they each excelled in their own area. Odion in pick pocketing, Lani in bigger more planned heists. Each of the other could do the other’s specialty but not nearly as efficiently, yet they hadn’t yet gotten to work together. Lani was however looking forward to letting Odion in on his most recent discovery. The one that had been tripped up from meeting Odion in the field.

Lani pulled the curtains aside with his power and winced a little shutting them again as sunlight blinded him temporarily. Oh, the sun… He closed his eyes and groaned opening the curtains a little more carefully this time as he started to get dressed. The weather was turning colder again and Lani was disappointed it had to turn so soon, this summer had been potentially the worst one on record, not only in heat but in events. Lani really just wanted to take it all back. But he couldn’t, and he reminded himself of that harshly as the thought crossed his mind. He was done being depressed and done with the ‘what if’s. He needed to get out, this room held too many memories of times when he thought all hope was lost.

Trotting down the stairs Lani made his way past the courtyard to the pond. It was really pretty to look at but Lani never even went close. There was no way in hell that was ever going to happen. Lani blinked when he heard a splash. Had someone just jumped into the pond? He chuckled to himself and went off in that direction curiosity pulling the telekinetic toward the sound. His power felt around the area and he soon found a shirt and pants. Wow, someone really had jumped in. It didn’t take too long to realize who it was that those belonged to. A sly grin crossed his face. It would be all too easy to hide those clothes in a tree… Lani shook his head, what on earth was this kid doing? Talking to fish? Lani hesitated, sometimes he still had to remind himself that anything was possible. But Lani asked anyways, “What on earth are you doing?”

[Kevin Bailey]

Startled out of his mind, Kevin righted himself in the water, his body covered for now. His eyes were wide as he watched another student come into view. “I thought I was alone!” He cried. “You’re not gonna tell anyone are you?” He asked, heat rising to his face. Yes he was in a school for metas, so why did he still feel so awkward? Oh right, he was pretty much naked and pasty and totally self-conscious.

“Well I came out here to study, ‘cause the weather’s still nice,” he said, looking over at his textbook, “but I had to swim.” It seemed perfectly reasonable to him. It’s exactly what it felt like anyways. He smiled a bit then, deciding that this guy wouldn’t rat him out. “The fish are nice to talk to,” he said, wondering how many strange things this guy had heard before.

“What are you doing?” He asked, still floating in the water.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani could only laugh at the boy’s reaction. “Never think you’re alone unless you can prove it,” he advised. Lani could because he could feel people, well that was also expecting said people to be wearing clothing. But really Lani didn’t think he had much to fear from people sneaking up on him nude. He shook his head at the boy, he couldn’t have been very old at all. He looked about Caroline’s age, but that didn’t answer the question of why he was diving with the fish. “No, I won’t tell anyone,” Lani assured him with a nod and a smile. Who would he tell anyways? He didn’t know this kid and there would be no benefits from blackmailing a stranger.

Lani looked down at the text book, General Science? “I can see you’re being very productive,” Lani said a sly smile on his face. He shook his head a little bit, who would ever ‘have’ to go for a swim? Lani wrinkled his nose a little at the idea. Some people were just crazy. “Oh really?” Lani asked, “And what are the fish saying?” He asked a teasing note in his voice this kid could talk to fish how… wait. Hadn’t Caroline said something about her friend talking to fish? Now Lani was exponentially more interested. He crossed his arms over his chest and unconsciously set to make himself intimidating. He realized what he was doing after a few moments and relaxed a bit. He didn’t want to scare the kid away.

“I was just out taking a walk,” Lani said dismissively, “You’re right about the weather being nice, gotta take advantage before it’s covered in snow, right?” He raised a brow and smiled at the boy.

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin’s eyebrows rose and he nodded a few times at the wisdom imparted on him. “I’m new here, I thought looking both ways was good enough,” he said shrugging, and then laughing at himself. Relaxing visibly, Kevin doggy paddled around the pond a couple times, right at home. “Good, because I really don’t want to get expelled,” he said. But really, he wanted to swim in the pond, and he didn’t see the harm in it. He wasn’t going to murder the fish and he quite liked the water, it wasn’t as harsh on his skin like the water in the school’s pool. Still, maybe next time he would resist the urge – the school pool was allowed to be jumped into, pond, not so much.

“Hey!” Kevin said with a laugh, tempted to splash this older guy but deciding against it. He had been gracious and now Kev wanted to return the favour. “Everyone needs a break,” he said. Glancing down at the pond, Kevin’s eyes trailed over the smallest fish in there. “Well this one’s saying he doesn’t want to be food and he’s glad I’m distracting everyone else so he can grow up,” Kevin looked back to Lani, “I don’t think he realizes how long that’s gonna be.” Kevin laughed before hearing another one. “And this one keeps telling me knock knock jokes.” Knock knock who’s there a fish, end joke, wasn’t very funny. Not even the second time. Kevin looked back to Lani with a bright smile, unafraid and happy as pie.

Kevin’s eyebrows furrowed. “Do they cover the pond for the winter?” He asked, concerned. They shouldn’t let the fish freeze to death. Kevin swam to the edge of the pond and peered over it at Lani, his ice blue eyes quite content. “I’m Kevin by the way,” he reached out his hand for the older boy to shake but then pulled it back, remembering he was soaking wet from pond water. “What’s your power?” He asked.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani laughed and shook his head at the boy. Oh he had so much to learn about Hammel. Hammel was a place not to let one’s guard down especially when alone. Lani was getting better at learning how to do so and it was helping that he wanted to prove that he did trust Odion. Lani cringed a little bit and quickly hid it behind a smile, how could someone just sit there. The water could at any moment suck him down and drown him. At least that was how Lani thought of it, he was finding that most people however did not share his opinion. At the thought of expulsion Lani actually lost it in laughter for a few moments. This kid was worried about being expelled? For swimming in the pond? Lani got himself under control, “Trust me kid, you’ve gotta do better than this if you wanna get expelled.” Believe me, I’ve been trying for ages, he added in his mind.

He shrugged and nodded accepting that. Lani shook his head a little a smile playing on his face. Apparently the kid didn’t recognize sarcasm when he heard it, oh well, now that he was saying things Lani was actually interested in it. “That seems like a legitimate concern for a fish,” he said with a nod, “How long it’s gonna take for him to get big, you mean?” Lani’s eyes widened and his eyebrows climbed toward his hair line. “What? Seriously? The fish know jokes?” He shook his head, surely this kid was pulling his leg now. He didn’t think that fish had that interesting of lives. Swim in a circle maybe eat this or that. He had never thought in his wildest dreams that they would have jokes. Well, long story short he was pretty sure he would never be able to eat fish again.

“I don’t really know,” Lani said honestly, he had never paid that much attention, besides what would covering the pond do? Wouldn’t the sun increase the warmth, but then the snow would stay out, but he really couldn’t imagine it not freezing over in the middle of winter even if covered. It just got too cold. Unless Lani wondered if it became super cooled, but then if the fish stirred the water it would freeze anyways. Kevin, ah, so it was him. A smile flashed across his face, well he was already approving of this kid. “I’m Lani,” he said nodding in greeting. “Telekinesis, and I take it you can talk to fish.” He made it a statement more than a question. "How does that work? Do you have to hold your breath or something?"

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin was going to stay in the pond as long as Lani was around. Really, he didn’t need to see Kevin soaked and in his underwear. That would be totally embarrassing. Kevin smiled brightly when Lani laughed, he loved seeing other people laugh. “I’m not a kid, I’m like, fourteen,” he said. He so wasn’t a kid. “But I’m not trying to get expelled...” He was so confused.

No, Kevin really didn’t think people were mean, so, sarcasm went a little over his head. “Well yeah, those other fish will probably eat ‘im before he gets bigger,” he laughed, “don’t let him I said that.” Huh, why was everyone so surprised that fish could tell jokes? “It’s pretty much their favorite thing to do, other than swimming you know.” Kevin shrugged. “They’re not very funny. This one’s joke never gets finished. He starts and then forgets he was telling a joke.” Kevin smiled to himself, realizing now how funny that was. Huh, maybe the fish were smarter than he thought, that, or he was giving them too much credit now.

“Oh,” Kevin said, a little disappointed, “I thought you’d know ‘cause you’re older than me.” Now Kev was just assuming the older you were, the longer you’d been here and longer you’d had your powers. He was still learning about powers and how they worked. For now, he was just trying to get a good handle on his own. “Lani Hunter?” Kevin asked, his eyes going wide. “Whoa, you’re Caroline’s brother!” He stated with glee. Wait ‘til Lani found out Kevin knew Haley too. “You have telekinesis! Wicked,” he said with a smile too big for his face to hold. “Yup, I can talk to fish,” he said proudly, “and breathe under water too.” Some people were lucky and had two powers. “I’m pretty much Aquaman,” he said, kidding. “I don’t really know how it works, my trainer says I must have gills or something somewhere, but that’s for the breathing under water part. I don’t know anything about the fish talking part.”

[Lani Hunter]

Lani’s eyes widened in surprise and it took all of his self control not to laugh and tell the boy that he could not be fourteen, which meant he was only four years younger than Lani and by his age Lani had already grown like a sprout. Lani shook his head and waved a hand dismissively, apparently Kevin had missed that part of the joke. “Don’t worry about it, you’re not going to get expelled. You might get a slap on the wrist if anything.” He shook his head, really punishments at Hammel were rather pathetic, Lani couldn’t even count how many detentions he had skipped and never been called out on it. “But either way, don’t worry about it.” He said trying to reassure the kid, but he really didn’t seem that concerned anymore.

His brows climbed to his hairline and he shook his head a little bit. He didn’t find much funny about a fish not wanting to be eaten. He wouldn’t want to be eaten either. “How would I tell him?” Lani asked of Kevin shaking his head a little bit. Fish telling jokes, well, now he had officially heard everything. There were some pretty farfetched things he had heard but this one really took the cake. Lani laughed a little bit and shook his head. “Well they can’t have much to go on, I mean… they’re fish.” He shrugged he had never really thought about fish having any thoughts beyond swimming and eating.

Lani shrugged and shook his head. Older did not always equal wiser unfortunately. He had Shapiro to thank for that. It had been a hard pill to swallow but when the words coming out of the younger girls mouth made a whole lot of sense and were cemented home with a stick there really wasn’t much he could argue with. Lani narrowed his eyes, so Caroline had said something about him. “Um… yeah… do you know...?” Kevin beat him to the punch. He beamed he was so proud and so happy to have Caroline here. “Yeah,” he laughed, “Can’t you see the family resemblance?” He shook his head, most people didn’t, besides the hair and a little bit of facial structure there wasn’t much more. Lani ran a hand thought his head a little embarrassed, why did everyone think telekinesis was so cool? “Oh you can breathe underwater?” Well, there it was, the only reason Lani would go into water, if he could breathe still. Lani laughed and shook his head at Kevin. Lani hummed a little bit as he thought, “Couldn’t it be internal? Like a function already in your lungs?”

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin had been told once or twice that he looked to be about twelve. He tried not to take offense to this, but it did make him feel out of place sometimes. “But it’d be totally cool with me if I didn’t get caught,” he said with a small smile and some hope. That would be the ideal. There weren’t any signs that said he couldn’t, but maybe if he had read through the Student Manual... Nah, that was way too boring.

“It was a joke,” Kevin said, “‘cause you can’t tell them, but I can.” He hoped Lani would get the joke. If not, he was going to feel as lame as the fishes. “I’m pretty sure there’s been other metas here that can talk to fish,” Kevin shrugged, “maybe they picked up on the first line.” His eyes brightened a bit. “Someday, I’m gonna talk to a whale. I bet they have amazing stories.” It was one of his biggest dreams.

Kevin shook his head. “No, I’d have to see your whole family. Hey! Maybe next time your parents come here, I could meet them. I said I’d let her meet mine, they haven’t come to visit me yet.” He explained in a wild rush of a sentence that may or may not have made sense. “What do you mean a function already in my lungs?” He asked, an eyebrow raised. “My trainer didn’t say anything about that, but everyone else keeps telling me the trainers don’t know very much.” He looked at Lani with a little bit of awe. Now this guy, this guy could be a superhero. Yep, Kevin had seen it in comic books. And Hammel had so many superheroes.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani laughed a little bit. “I told you not to worry about it so don’t worry about it,” Lani reassured the kid. Especially since he was Caroline’s friend he had an unspoken alliance. Like anyone actually read the manual. Now if the powers came with manuals then that would be something that people would read but he highly doubted that people cared that much about the dos and don’ts of Hammel. And then there were those people like Lani who just chose to ignore the rules that they did know. Besides the large folder Lani himself couldn’t even count the number of detentions he had skipped.

“Oh,” Lani said his eyes darting a bit, well now that it was explained and Lani knew he missed the punch line he gave a smile but if he were to laugh it would be forced. “And you think they forgot the rest?” Lani asked a sly grin on his face, wasn’t it fish people were compared to when they had no memory. Lani’s eyes widened, “A whale? Yeah they probably have more than amazing stories. But if you run into any sharks on the way perhaps you can talk them out of eating you,” he shrugged, he really couldn’t imagine why the ocean was so amazing to people, not only was it a giant mess of water but it was filled with mysterious and dangerous creatures.

Lani found himself laughing and nodding, not a lot of people did. Lani’s eyes widened a little bit and he nodded awkwardly, Kevin would soon learn that Lani and his sister differed in more than just looks and age. “I don’t know when they’ll be back next,” he said honestly, and he quickly quelled the jealous thoughts that they would come visit because Caroline was here but had never come to visit him. “But I’m sure your parents will come soon,” He said, this kid had such a positive outlook it was almost painful, how many times had people come here and been forgotten? He really hoped that that wasn’t the case with Kevin. “I mean like maybe your lungs can adjust for water and air, gills could be internal possibly,” he wasn’t really sure, he wasn’t a biologist. Now Lani couldn’t help himself he laughed and his head bobbed into a nod. “Oh there are a whole mess of things that the trainers don’t know. They make you so trivial things over and over again. It’s better to try to figure it out yourself,” Lani said. At least that was his opinion. Lani averted his eyes from the boy, why was Kevin looking at him like that?

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin didn’t want to break the rules, maybe he would read the rules later. He just had better things to do than read textbooks and manuals. You know, things like comic books and Harry Potter. With some luck, Kev would never get in trouble here. He really didn’t want to. Some students wanted their folders paper thin.

“Maybe, or maybe they just didn’t hear the last part.” Kevin shrugged. “Don’t worry, I’m going to find some good jokes to tell them. The next person to be able to talk to them will be so impressed!” The boy just couldn’t leave things in a bad state if he could help it.

“It sounds like the most amazing adventure,” he said with a smile. “Just imagine...” He stared at Lani for a second. “I wouldn’t swim the whole way into the middle of the ocean. I’d have to take a boat, which means I’d buy a boat. And after that, I’m gonna visit the Great Barrier Reef, and scuba dive!... Oh you don’t swim,” he cringed, “sorry.” He had totally forgotten.

“They’re both just really busy. My mom’s a politician in the capitol city and my dad teaches, so, probably they’ll come on one of the weekends,” he said, explaining things to Lani, “I’ll have to tell Caroline. So she doesn’t make other plans.” Yes, that was thinking ahead. And smart.

“I don’t know, I’ve checked my body as much as I can and I can’t find any webbed toes or anything, or gills or whatever. I have my own theory though,” he said proudly. “My friend Aaron used his sound waves to make a swirly thing in the water. He didn’t know I was in the water, and man, did I feel sick after that!” He laughed at the memory, no longer thinking of heroes. “What’s the coolest thing you can do with your power?” He asked expectantly.

[Lani Hunter]

If Kevin were to keep hanging around Shapiro or Lani chances were he would be breaking more than a few rules in the next few years. Lani really didn’t understand obeying, he was never one to obedient, well save with his boss, but that was different. Hammel didn’t have a gun to his head. But any chance he got to pull one over on security was an opportunity worth taking and he made sure to milk it for all it was worth.

“Why wouldn’t they hear the last part?” He asked then a smile twitched onto his face, “They have the attention span of a fish?” Oh Lani was so good. This was too rich, the puns and the jokes were coming as easily as breathing, it was starting to be really hard for Lani to take this kid seriously. Lani’s smile faded a little bit and he gave the kid a smile, the goal he had was rather big and Lani only hoped that in the future long after his time and Kevin’s time on this world was past that his goal would be achieved and the next person who could speak fish would hear great stories about a crazy kid who could talk to fish.

Lani flashed a smile but it didn’t stay, an amazing adventure for Lani would be as far from the coast as humanly possible. Perhaps the desert. He could probably learn to love the desert. Lani was good at not letting the reaction show on his face and his face became a smooth mask of pleasant interest. Really the idea of swimming at all in the ocean not even out to the middle was making his lungs feel strained and he was working on reminding himself to breathe. He blinked in surprise as the list ended abruptly with an apology. “What? Oh… Did Caroline tell you?” He asked not really knowing who else would. It was a really embarrassing phobia. He waved a hand dismissively, “We all have our passions and that’s really cool, I hope you get to go to all of those places.” He smiled charmingly.

“Ah, yeah that would make them rather busy,” Lani agreed hiding the relief he felt for the kid. “She’d like that, I’m sure,” Lani said with a nod his smile brightening visibly as he thought of his sister. Lani was starting to like Kevin, Lani really didn’t think there was any possible way that the kid could keep a secret…. He just talked so much. Which was good and bad but Lani was glad that for a friend Caroline had chosen well. Kevin probably didn’t realize that there was so much analysis of his character on Lani’s part but he was just looking out for Caroline.

“What’s that?” He asked when Kevin offered a carrot and took it away. Lani wasn’t sure what the anecdote had to do with breathing underwater. He could imagine anyone feeling sick after having been swirled around in the water. “That sucks, do you normally get motion sick?” Lani let out a little, “Uhh…” at the question, this kid was just bouncing around from topic to topic. “I don’t really know,” he really didn’t want to tell the kid he could throw cars, which tended to scare people, but then again… no, maybe later. “Well, there was this one time… I made all of the mystery meat in the cafeteria move, that was pretty entertaining.” Lani was terrible, more than a few people had been genuinely freaked out.

[Kevin Bailey]

Kevin laughed. “Well you’re a quick learner. You answered your own question!” He smiled and glanced down at the fish all around him, nudging his body while other tried to see if he tasted any good. Others were trying to get his attention, but soon lost interest in him. He may as well have been another decorative rock in the pond. No one seemed to take him seriously, but he wasn’t a very serious person.

“It came up, since she’s a great swimmer and her power is hydrokinesis.” He shrugged. It wasn’t a big deal and Caroline hadn’t said more than that. Kevin didn’t think it was a phobia, just a matter of preference. And had he really know why, he wouldn’t make fun of Lani. “Between you and me, I’m really jealous. Her power is like, ten times cooler than mine.” But still, the smile on his face said he really was happy with what he had.

“Awesome, it’ll be fun!” He said. Kevin was all about having fun and not doing school work. This was going to be a rough year. His mind was on doing fun things, not whether Lani was assessing his character or not. He just didn’t think that way.

“I think it has something to do with my skin, it feels different than other people’s. Oh! Maybe I’m growing scales!” Yes! How awesome would that be? He looked down at his hands to inspect them. Hmm, no, there probably wouldn’t be any scales for quite some time. “No not usually, but I’ve never been in a whirlpool before either,” at least, that’s what he thought they were called. “What did you do with it?” He asked, wondering if or when Lani would feel awkward talking to boy in his underwear in the pond.

[Lani Hunter]

“Ha ha,” Lani laughed unenthusiastically putting his hands on his hips. Lani shook his head, well alright they were both missing each other’s jokes well this was going to be interesting. The kid seemed rather interested in the fish, maybe Lani should leave him to it, but then again he didn’t want to just walk away from a friend of Caroline’s, besides this could potentially give him a little bit of dirt on the kid. Not that Lani thought or wanted to use anything against him, but eh, old habits die hard. Lani smiled, this kid was actually almost as innocent as Caroline and really he could see why Caroline like him. He was very open and friendly and confident, considering his position pretty much trapped in the pond by said friend’s older brother.

“Yeah,” Lani smiled, “I bet you are,” he said sympathetically. “But I don’t know that she can talk to fish.” Honestly it freaked Lani out that she could move water. He thought moving things with his mind was crazy but hers was just as powerful and terrifying. “Are you on the swim team too? I’m excited to see her race.” He smiled brightly; yeah, he would watch her from the wall. Perhaps even make it a few feet so he could see the water. He was so proud of his little sister for her power and her new friend. Kevin seemed genuinely nice and open. He knew Caroline wasn’t easily fooled but she tended to trust people too easily and that was what terrified him.

Lani nodded and gave the kid a smile. He was starting to be very glad that this kid was befriending his sister. He was starting to like Kevin as well. He listened with interest as the kid started talking about his skin. Did this kid ever stop talking? Lani wondered inwardly before biting his tongue and scolding himself for the thought. At least Kevin wasn’t annoying he was talking about interesting things. “Hmmm, that might just be it,” he said referring to the skin not the scales, it didn’t look like the kid had scales, at least not scales that were visible. Scales wouldn’t make sense, the purpose of gills was to dispel the water and let the oxygen go into the lungs. No, Lani had a feeling if it had to do with the skin it was that the water was being dispelled that way. “That’s something to be mindful of,” Lani advised, “If you’re stuck out in a storm or something, you should work on understanding the dynamics of the ocean.”

Lani chuckled, “I made them chase people around, it was pretty great there was a girl who got into battle with them.” He snickered. Oh that had been so great, he had gotten into so much trouble for that one but he really didn’t care. Anything that they could make him do wasn’t nearly punishment enough. If they suspended him, well great, he already skipped, they made him clean or go to detention, he cleaned with the knowledge that he had caused a great havoc, and if they couldn’t get him to go to class he wished them luck getting him to go to detention.

[Kevin Bailey]

Lani could walk away, Kevin would’ve loved that. Maybe if he wasn’t basically naked, he would’ve talked to Lani forever.

“I don’t think she can,” he agreed, though he didn’t know for sure. “I was just excited to see someone else at the pool with powers kinda like mine,” he said. Caroline wasn’t very sure of her powers, but he knew that once she started practicing, she would be the best. “I thought about it...” he said, and then left it at that. He thought about it, realized he was scrawny, and then decided not to. He was a terrific swimmer, and he really loved swimming too, but that didn’t mean he wanted to show off in front of other people, neither did he want other people watching him. Having fun was all good, but he didn’t want to beat someone in a race when they’d tried really hard.

Kevin wondered what oceans and dynamics and storms had to do with his power. “Wait, do you wanna be a power trainer or something?” He asked, his eyes all aglow. “I didn’t understand anything you said but it sounds like a good idea!” Okay, so he had to find an ocean, that was easy, they were big and there were lots of them. And then there had to be a storm, and somehow, he would understand his power. It was like magic!

Laughing, Kevin’s imagination pictured exactly what Lani was talking about. “And you did that at school?” Kevin smiled broadly. He was pretty sure Lani was his new favorite hero. “Wicked.” He swam around in the pond again, trying to get his skin moving. He couldn’t go without water for very long. “So like, you’re a wizard. Can you accio, I mean, bring things over to you just by thinking it?” He asked, and then opened his mouth to talk again. “And people too?”