"A magical quirk?" Lucia picked up her pace without a thought, her mind putting the pieces together one by one. "Actually, that almost makes sense! My dad said Mum would stand up on that cliff for hours, listening to the sea. She would have this far away look in her eye and he would have to shake her before she even noticed he was there. I bet she could hear it too!"
Laughter bubbled out of her, an almost instant reaction to the relief that she felt at having some kind of answer. Stopping in the middle of the road, Lucia grabbed Lorcan and hugged him swiftly. "Thank you so much. I knew I wasn't mad."