Charlie’s eyes widened upon seeing the phoenix. Everything about this meeting was a hundred times more spectacular than she had expected, though upon further reflection she realized that she wasn’t really sure what she had expected.
“No, definitely not a chicken,” She murmured in an uncharacteristically soft tone. Charlie remembered the period of time she and her father had spent at a family’s farm when they were on the run from The Shop. As a child she’d been so fascinated by the animals. The way that everything had a purpose in that place seemed to appeal to her. Nothing at all like the factory farms that had sprouted up all around the present day United States. It had been a shame that she wound up burning the place to the ground.
“Oh,” She wrinkled her eyebrows. Charlie had been so looking forward to the meeting that she hadn’t given much thought to what she hoped to gain from all of it. It seemed like one of the few times she had shown up at traditional school unprepared. She mentally scolded herself for letting such a thing happen. “Would it be helpful for me to demonstrate?” Her eyes examined the room. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to cause a fire in Kael’s home for fear of burning anything or messing up the placement of things.