Lilia could tell there was some sort of tension, she had tried to remember all the details of her childhood. Simon was certainly unique, but her travels had led her to meet all different kinds of witches and other folk. Shape-shifters, beings that were human by seemed to have some kind of elemental quality to their magic, and even those who stood on the line between magic and science, the alchemists. She had not forgotten Simon, her life and mind had simply just expanded once she left here.<br/><br/>She also did not want to force this on him. There were dangers, Cassandra made that clear, but Lilia thought Simon was more than capable to rise to that challenge. Children were always a bit more capable than their parents assumed. She did not expect him to offer to leave his home so willingly, moments ago he had seemed so happy to stay here and now he was looking at her as if he needed an answer to his question. Lilia held up a hand and went to her suitcase, opening it and rummaging through the contents. There was a decent size woolen hat inside, it was supposed to be a gift for Simon, but as she held it in her hands, Lilia chanted over it for a moment.<br/><br/>When she stood back up, she held it out to him. "It should, in theory, make your eyes appear to others as more human-like. And it'll cover the hair until I can find a better piece for it." She set the hat on the table, near his cup, and settled back into where she had been sitting.<br/><br/>"If you want to leave, we could go to the city together. You could meet my mentor and perhaps she could help even more than I could." She offered, though they would not really know if the magic even worked until he tried on the hat. Lilia finally stretched a hand across the table and put her fingers around his own hand. "Perhaps we could learn more of your origin as well, together. What happened to your father was a tragedy, but he had returned from a town south of here, yes? You are as magical as your mother and I, perhaps more so. Maybe if we found out more about how you came into being, we could figure out how to give you more control over your appearance."<br/><br/>If he was able to shift and change the way his legs looked, she wondered if that ability could be extended. "It is not surprising that it was painful when someone else tried to alter your nature, but if your mind is guiding the change it may not be so painful or foreign."<br/><br/>She shrugged her shoulders and leaned back in her seat. "It's up to you though. We can go south and seek out more of your story, or return to the city if my magic seems to work..."