"Maybe there are books about how to in the library?" Lizzy asked before she shrugged again. "I don't think it matters, really, because you are very smart. You guys, I mean," she fixed her statement to include the other two quickly. "I am sure you will figure out a way to help Ari learn how to control the magic. She doesn't like not being able to control it, it makes her upset."
Lizzy didn't blame her for that at all. The thought that you could hurt someone because of something that you couldn't control was really scary. But she didn't really believe that Ari could hurt anyone. Ari was really nice and sweet.
And then Tyler said she was special. Lizzy's entire world stopped for a moment, and her whole body raised up in her seat, her eyes sparkling with intense excitement and glee. She couldn't breathe for a moment, she was so thrilled. She swallowed a bit, trying to regain some semblance of casual but she couldn't bring herself to it because Tyler thought that she was special. TYLER! Thought that she, Lizzy, was special! It was quite literally the best thing to ever happen to her ever and there was nothing that was ever going to be better than this.
"You... you're special too," she said, shyly, though her voice likely resounded with the mixture of awe and pride she was feeling, and it took her a moment to even think about how to answer his question.
"It... depends on the person," she said finally. "Some people are really weak, and I just have to tell them once to do something and they do it without really thinking about it - they can't help it. Some people are stronger and I have to use more power to make them do something, but they'll listen to me longer after I do." She nodded her head. "Like, I haven't actually had to order Saul to do something for months now, but he still has to do it."
She was too young to understand the moral implications of what she was saying - it was normal to her to want people to do things for her, and to be happy when they did and annoyed and frustrated when they didn't. Why shouldn't she make them do as she wanted?