"That," he replied, "I won't say no, but will not say yes either. This is also like your power, other people don't have them, so it has to be a secret." Anton paused briefly after considering what she had said. "Also, if you tell anyone else about it, it will not be a secret anymore because maybe that person will tell others and too say that it is a secret and so on? So, don't show it to anyone."<br/><br/>He laughed and ruffled her hair when she thanked him, "It's made of mercury. The same thing inside thermometers and before you ask, no, the mercury inside thermometers cannot move but if you feed them to Argent, he will grow bigger as well... wait, actually don't, that way it will still be able to fit into its container. Don't go to school and steal all the thermometers or your teachers will get quite mad." He laughed at the thought of Christine with a backpack full to the brim with thermometers. "Also, Uncle Anton is quite busy these days, so I cannot stay for dinner today. Maybe next time." He scooped the blob of mercury and iron with the jar and sealed it before passing it to her. There was some resistance from the iron as he pulled it out of midair and handed it to Christine.<br/><br/>(You can close the prologue if you want or I can do it in my next post OR you can start another conversation for character development.)