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"Yes. I believe it's called Numerology...or was it Arithmancy?" Allumin paused as he found himself puzzling over the two. Both seemed like they would be right but he wasn't sure. "I know both have to do with numbers, but I'm afraid I don't know exactly what sort of magic class they go to.: He apologized with a half smile. "Divination is a wonderful magic but I know I wouldn't have any skill for it. I can barely predict what I'm going to eat for lunch and there's a menu for that." Allumin gave himself a moment for a brief chuckle. When Niamh would ask about getting Radiance into her lap he balked before answering. He looked at his familiar and saw Radiance was tilting her head into the ear and horn rubbing. But she remained sitting with all four paws under her and showed little in the way of leaning towards the girl. "I don't think Radiance would be comfortable doing that. Your still pretty much a stranger to her, and it took me a awful lot of treats before she'd even sit in my lap while I studied. Baron might be a better choice. He's a lazy lay about who basks on pets." He stated as he reached up to lift the purple jackalop from his shoulders. True to his words, Baron just hung like a boneless sack of fur, his ears twitching as he swayed in the air. "See? If you sit back I'll put him in your lap. That should be good enough for him."

"I could be wrong." He warned Niamh when she seemed so surprised over the types of divination he'd told her about. "As I said before, I don't know much about Divination. The things I heard could just be made up. But as you said, that could be for your future lessons." Allumin thought she may have stressed the Future word strangely, but it could have been her attempt at a joke? Allumin shrugged off the curious thought as he carefully draped Baron in Niamh's lap. The purple jackalope draped itself on Niamh's lap and rolled it's head to peer up at her. Radiance blinked her eyes at Baron, but did not pull away from where the girl was still petting her head. "There we go." Allumin said with a grin. "Now your a jackalope pillow!"

Allumin dropped himself down to a knee so he could watch his familiars. He doubted either of them would n** or hurt the girl, but he preferred to be cautious all the same. "Well there you go." Allumin quietly spoke with a smile. "Now you have something to do while your friends are busy."

Baron laid quite content in Niamh's lap. His ear twitched slightly as she giggled, though for the most part he was quite content to just lounge in her lap. Radiance wiggled her nose a bit, and lifted one of her paws. She batted at Baron's head in a series of three rapid pats, causing her purple counterpart to shake his head at her. Allumin placed a hand over his mouth as he stifled a small laugh. "I think Baron finds you very comfortable Niamh. I am glad you think I am nice by the way. Thank you."

Allumin gave some thought to Niamh's request. "Maybe she as just a little cranky. Girls are mysterious creatures you know." He lightly teased her as he smiled. "I would be happy to help you. Maybe this weekend? I have a lot of things to do before I visit the library again." He stated.

As Allumin spoke to Niamh, Radiance shook her head and settled down on her paws in front of the chimera girl. Apparently appeased by Niamh's assurance that she will continue to receive pettings. Baron, now no longer subjected to Radiance's paw battings, rolls about in Niamh's lap to expose his belly to her.

Allumin gave a light hearted laugh when Niamh would respond with such surprise. "Many things are mysterious about girls, at least for boys." He said with a warm smile on his face. "Mysterious means that something is strange, but in a good way. You don't quite understand it, but because you don't that makes the thing seem better. You want to understand it, but at the same time your okay not knowing. Because that makes it special." He managed to answer her. "You don't need to be scared of her either. Maybe net time you see her..." Allumin stoppe to think, then smiled faintly. "Maybe bring her a flower you picked. Tell her thank you for whatever she's done to help you in the past. Or maybe make her a card thanking her for being such a good librarian. When you do something noce for someone, they think nice things about you." He suggested.

Radiance closed her eyes as she was petted and seemed pleased by the continual pets. even baron closed his eyes as both familiars snuggled against Niamh. As Allumin watched, Radiance very cautiously placed her front paws on Niamh's leg and closed her eyes. Allumin was positive that the little girl needed some familiars of her own. She was clearly going to be good with them.

Allumins brown cheeks turned a strange shade of orange as he rubbed his hair from the compliment. "When your young a lot of people seem really smart. I'm sure you'll be even smarter than I am once you reach my age Niahm." He gently replied. "I do agree about the mud though. It's messy and I don't like it myself." Allumin reached into his back pocket and pulled out a white unmarked tube. holding it up, he smiled. "Besides. Mud would make it hard for me to use my lotion. Then I'd be all flaky and thats even more gross than mud." Allumin paused and looked down at his familiars when the chimera girl asked about their care. "Hmmm. Well Baron is easy enough. He likes attention and isn't too picky about what he eats. Though sometimes he does nibble on paper so I have to be careful yo keep my books and homework in places he can't easily get to. Radiance is a bit harder." He admitted. "She only lets me groom her when she feels like it. She fights me when I try to trim her claws too. She is very picky about her food as well. If she doesn't like something I've brought for her she will ignore it. Some familiars are more finicky than others. But they are sort of like friends. Some are easier to get along with and others make you want to hit them with a pillow."

"Maybe you will never catch up in age, but you can catch up in knowledge and learning things." He encouraged with a smile. When the talk turned to nixies though, Allumins cheeks once more touched on that strange blushing shade. He took his tube of lotion and opened the cap. Holding it, he could smell the slight tinge of seaweed and the slight fragrance of underwater blossoms. He held the tube out for Niamh to sniff at as he explained. "Well rule one about nixies. We need to stay moisturized and hydrated. So a good nixie that takes care of themselves always has some lotion they use, and a bottle of water when they are going to be out for a while."

Allumin looked down at his familiars then added a moment later. "Maybe you should make certain to read up on a bunch of different familiars. There may be one that would be even better for you than a jackalope. There are some really interesting cats, and bugs, even some foxes that I am sure would be pretty." He encouraged her with a smile. "I think your too nice to treat a familiar wrong anyways."

"I think your very smart too Niamh." Allumin said with a faint smile."You never know about me though. I might get lazy and spend a year playing games and swimming, then you could catch up a bit." He found himself teasing the small girl. He took a moment to be more serious though when she asked him about nixies liking the water. "Well it is where we live, and we are built to swim under it. It's a shame I couldn't show you some of the neat things under water." He mused as he put his lotion away. "You know... you could try to collect one of every kind of familiar. Then you'd have a big familiar family!" he suggested while the little girl would apparently blush at his own compliment. "I think you'll do well Niamh. Just because you are worried about being a good friend, that's a sign of a caring guardian."