        Dale barely kept sitting as the creature’s horn lit up and the marbles floated off the beach.  He could see a golden nimbus around its horn, and there was a matching golden aura pulsing around the marbles.  She showed no sign of manipulating anything with her hooves, which suggested that the ability was entirely mental.  This worried him greatly.  He had watched Firestarter and Carrie, as well as the X-Men movies, and had a healthy respect for what superpowers could do, at least cinematically; what was even more concerning was the fact that Lyra hardly seemed to be concentrating on the marbles.  It was as if the motion was second nature to her.  She was writing while she did it, although her eyes were flickering over to the marbles, as if she wanted to make sure they remained on course.