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Candace chuckled. "We're all a little weird, darlin'. I think you're just fine." And she wasn't at all biased. Nope. Not at all. Though she did genuinely like Stormy so far, she seemed like a sweet girl. A bit closed off, but nice. She didn't seem like a troublemaker or anything.

Suddenly Stormy was more excited than she had ever seen the girl. She was even smiling. It seemed she either really liked Jerry or she really liked music! Well, both were good. She laughed and let Stormy take her hands, giving the girl's an affectionate squeeze and watching her get so excited. It was adorable! "Ah, really? That's great! Yes, Jerry and I go way back. I gave him the guitar he carries everywhere, too." A decision she was sure a lot of people hated her for. "And of course, I can bring it by later today if you'd like. And I can help you get a piano of your own if you'd like." Stormy had a very nice smile. Was there a way to get her to do it more often? Candace hoped so.

"Tell me what else you like, Stormy. I want to learn all about you." Why not take advantage of her current improvement in attitude?

Oops. Stormy didn't like talking about herself? But why? Was it shyness? Modesty? Candace wanted to know. She seemed like a sweet girl, why wouldn't Candace want to know more about one of her Mists? She needed to know them, to know how to approach their training. Some could take a little more than others.

"Oh, I'll be the judge of that," Candace told Stormy when she claimed not to be interesting. Disney, noted. She may have liked the external mission she'd gone on with Rep and Jordan to Disney after hours then. A shame she wasn't a hunter at the time! She probably couldn't get back there, there hadn't been any kind of update on the place. Any problems they were having seemed to be resolved. "Aw, I think that's sweet," she told her sincerely when Stormy seemed to settle down. Sun bro? Cute, very cute. Candace was smiling, she looked genuinely interested in what Stormy was saying. "If you gave me a Disney nickname what would it be?"

"Oh? Well, I would hate to rush you." Candace blinked. She understood, they had only met enough times that Candace could count it on one hand, and most of those times they hadn't had time to really get to know one another. This was the first time the two of them actually had a chance to sit down and just talk.

But Stormy had a thoughtful look on her face, and Candace found herself very curious what the girl was thinking about.

Jasmine. Candace gasped with quiet delight and sat up straight, a warm smile on her face. Like a mom? For someone who didn't think she had any maternal instinct that was a pleasant surprise to hear! She did vaguely remember the tv show, and she could kind of see it. She'd actually preferred when Jasmine had had her memory erased and joined the dark side. The 'willful' comment got Stormy a look of amusement.

Stormy had her at Jasmine, she won her eternal affection at 'you look like a princess'. "I really like that assessment, Stormy. Thank you. Man, I wish you'd been here when I was sent on a mission to Disney World after hours, I think you'd have loved it."

Oh my god she's so cute. Candace had to work really hard at not laughing at how absolutely precious Stormy was just then. She also had to listen in closely when Stormy's voice became kind of difficult to understand.

She got the gist of it though.

"I can take you sometime, I'd be happy to. We could go to any of the Disney parks you'd like to see." Candace's smile was warm. "Under one condition~?"

"It won't be until after we get some training done. I want to help you and the other Mists, I care about all of you and I want you all to succeed. But I'm new to this so I need you guys to help me help you, okay? I'm going to call for everyone soon, but I want to spend time with you all individually as well." Candace smiled. Stormy looked so excited. "And yes, any. My treat. I've only been to Disney World, and I was a little kid so I don't remember remember it too well," Candace didn't count the mission, "so it'd be fun to go again, or to any of the other parks. You game~?"

Candace's smile grew simply from watching Stormy. She was so nervous, she had never trained anyone on anything except..cheerleading. This was not going to be like being the captain of her high school cheerleading squad. This was essentially life or death; if she didn't train them well they or others would die. Stormy's excitement over the whole thing helped ease her anxieties for now. "You can even invite a couple friends if you'd like, or we can just take the Mists. Your passion, your choice."

When Stormy started nodding, Candace couldn't help but laugh and reach out to gently hold her head with both hands. "Your head is going to fall off if you keep doing that. I'm glad you're excited, and you're welcome. I think I want to try and focus on the things that bother you, is that okay? So you can see you're doing nothing wrong. Have you ever done the Mist tower before?"

Like a bouncy ball. Oh god, you get Stormy relaxed and she was just too precious for words. Candace laughed at her assurance about the strength of her neck. She would adore this young lady even if she wasn't in Mist division, she was just so sweet.

"Don't worry, I'll do it with you. It's easy. There's four parts to it, one for every other division. It begins with a small clearing, like Sun, and then progresses up the tower to a less life threatening version of the Deathsweeper. Once you cross that, you have to free your princess from her shackles and then protect her as you carry her back down the tower to the starting point." See? Easy! No big deal for a Mist. "I can do it with you or I can supervise it, your choice." If Stormy had any problems she would jump in and help her, the training was for her benefit mostly, but she could also show her how it was done beside her.