"Oh?" she said with a smirk, "so you have a preference in your women's style of nipple decoration?" she teased.<br/><br/>She stood up and waved her hand at the door. It closed and locked itself, suddenly making the room seem airtight. Being an accomplished gathered of information she never let herself get caught by her own tricks, and she waved her hand at the window as well. It had blinds, which closed, though they seemed to be shutting out even more light then usual, all of it.<br/><br/>Finally she waved her hands at the candle-holders that were still attached between the bookshelves. A sort of bright flame appeared in them, despite the lack of candles.<br/><br/>"You should have read about this somewhere brother," she said, "or did you not soak up all those volumes you'd managed to get through?"<br/><br/>She knew he'd understood a fraction of what he'd read. He was good at a bit of everything, but most of the harder magic took specialty, or a particular adeptness.<br/><br/>She drew a circle on the floor by pointing at it, dull purplish light illuminating the edge of it. She opened her right palm downward and a stream of water began to flow from her hand, as though it was flooding over the top of it, though it simply appeared there. It wasn't hard given the rain outdoors. The water filled the circle, but stayed inside of it, and finally she stopped, standing acroos the circle from him, and leaning against the desk.<br/><br/>"Katherine," she said.<br/><br/>The pool of water rippled for a moment, before an image appeared, Katherine. She was in her room, and Suzanne noted with approval that she hadn't managed to touch anything dangerous.<br/><br/>"Caroline," she said. She watched the water shift to show their mother, outside.<br/><br/>She waved a hand over the pool, watching it, and the circle disappear.<br/><br/>"All is well in the family for the moment," she said, "notwithstanding the twins."<br/><br/>She dragged her finger across her face, wondering if she could manage to keep everything so peaceful.<br/><br/>"Out of curiousity," she said, "what kind of nipple decoration do you prefer?" she asked.