You could try -- it seems very simple beyond the need for a physical component. Really just a matter of concentration. . . Having a few extra tricks in one's bag wouldn't go amiss.

It's all right -- it sounds like something that's native to who you are. And I'm not sure I'd want the ability to make things so dark one couldn't see. I -- I'm a bit scared of the dark, really.

[Another reason for him to avoid the fog district, then. He shivers a little.]

I hope not either. It sounds horrible.

[Talk about sleepovers and such makes him giggle though.]

I take it you live in Mallowhallow then. Perhaps -- I could at least come to visit. I've got another friend who lives over there as well.