#earthrunes

"If you want."

And he gets to tinkering

"So... you need me here?"

"Nah" She gets to work "But I can furking teach you if you want... "

"Maybe another time." He slips out as quick as he can, leaving Betty to the pieces of a demo puzzle.

Adam grins when he's outside the suite, and moves to his next lesson.

And so it goes.

Adam seeks his mentors.

ANd finds Magnus walking the hallways

"Sir?" He bows.

"Can I assist you?"

He turns "Oh, Mmm possibly. No other duties or classes now?"

"I..... don't think so?"

"Then come along... " He says and reaches into his pocket and hands the younger wilder something

"Yes, Sir." He takes it. Whatever it is.

A piece of paper, missing girl, African American, name Sheli Willis. Been missing for two days

"We're going into the city to search for her" Magnus explains

"Yeah, ok." Dedicated.

"Stay close to me. "

"Yes, Sir." And he does.

They head out of the hold, get in a car...and drive to Jefferson City "She's 11 years old. Her family seems poor but loving. "

"Ok.... but where do we start looking for her?"

"We learn her usual routes, and see where it spreads from there"

"Now, see on this sheet.." He hands another one as he drives "This is her OLD path to school"

He reads, studiously. Well, at least as much as he ever has.....

"Now, she might have gotten the urge to travel her old paths, hook up with friends. COVID is making everyone antsy"

"Yeah, I get that."

A nod "I'll be casting backward glance, a spell to review time. It's a cheat, but in this case called for"

"You can do that?"

"Yes, it's part of an art called Chronos.. .very few non sidhe have it, but it it of the bag. Hell for all iknow some punk kid sluagh in Jersey is trying to advance it"

"Sir, I... I'm not much, with magic." He admits.

"I know, but you wanted along. And you know what's better tahn magic, Adam?"

"What?"

"Sharp senses, and a sharper brain. Lots of detectives don't have magic, good men with quick wits. "

"So... footwork is better than anything else?"

"Not always better, but essential part of things. " He says "And why you're useful despite 'sucking at magic'"

A sigh. "Ok, but I do. For now."

"We'll work on it" he says

"Cool!!!"

And he does, even as they work, he shows later as they';re parked on the girl's side walk, "Bunks may seem like nonsense, but they have a ..a style. For example, for time magics, I might want to draw a clock with hcalk, then erase..." He demonstrates" The hands and set them back.

Adam watches, fascinated. "Woah...."

"It's like poetry over prose, poetry seems loose, but has it's own ways is all. Now you won't see what I see, but practice that kenning. For some, it's a glow, but I find most people feel a tingle in their guts. the rest is extra. "

"I'm not good at poetry....."

"It's a metaphor... mmm okay, how are you at freestyling?"

An innocent blink.

"I'll give anything a shot, Sir."

And Adam closes his eyes half way and... feels it, in his gut. Not a pressure exactly, not a warmth, but soemething between

"WHA??!?!" he blinks.

"What you're feeling, McCloed, is called the Kenning" Magnus says, affecting a great Scottish accent, or a terrible Egyptian one

"I have to...." pause, readjust "pee."