"I could, too." She probably isn't; the likely scenario is that the people most likely to pay well for that kind of information have a worrying amount of crossover with the kind of people Ilde would cheerfully spike in the eye with a red Zanotti heel. "It's one of those things I should learn more about first, either way, I think- I'm sort of making it all up as I go along."

Learning to wield magic beyond what's simple instinct is complicated by not having anyone like her to teach her what she's meant to be able to do; her practise of it, when she reaches for it, is raw and childlike. She can persuade the water to obey her, in a moment of need, but she couldn't say precisely how she does it.

If this does go well, they might have some very interesting conversations.