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Shaking the hand with a bit of a smile, Stephan nodded, adding fairly quietly, "Stephan Abrams." He was stickling close to Remi, feeling a bit more comfortable around her than the others. Normally he wasn't one to be shy, but it had just recently clicked in his mind that this child he was going to be taking care of came from a soul, not a body, and it had him a bit on edge. "Oh, school," he mumbled, honestly having forgotten that eventually kids needed to go to school. Powers... Maybe he really should read that letter again, a bit more attentive. Soon as he found it. "Destructive as in dangerous?" He asked, not realizing that it sounded like a stupid question.

"Yes, it could be fairly dangerous. As for how destructive...that would honestly depend on how much self-control the person has, as well as their own range of power. Also, intentions count for something - if someone with talent was utterly terrified but would be horrified at the thought someone being seriously injured, their power usually doesn't aim for serious injuries."

Though of course, accidents always happen.

Dacian was actually a bit distracted by Ahneta and Thorn's conversation - but it was more in a way of 'she's doing it again...' then actual disapproval. The empire that both he and Ahneta were from was very - open about such things. Hadrian's empire of origin however, was quite prudish by comparison.

No real surprise there. Though even there, how obviously forward that Ahneta was, was indeed a bit unusual.

Directing a smirk towards Thorn, the woman turned her attention back on the actual discussion.

"Just keep in mind that they aren't going to suddenly start destroying things for little reasons. The panic that causes them to use their power is more along the lines of an instinctive survival move - not something that's going to happen over bathtime, or 'time to go home'."

Great. So they could be destructive, depending on the personality. Knowing his luck his daughter would end up being moody and stubborn, like his younger sister had been, and still was sometimes. Well, at least he'd be somewhat prepared to deal with it. And what he wasn't prepared for... That was why he had insurance.

Sort of.

"So... Any idea what their powers will be like? Fire, air, water, that kind of stuff?" He prodded, hoping to get the thinking out of the way as early as possible, "Or different?" Alright, so "different" left a very wide range, but sometimes a wide range was better than being specific. Specifications left loopholes, and when it came to something that could be dangerous, loopholes were bad.

"At first, it'll be pretty weak anyway - so the control issue won't be such a big deal. Control itself is something that has to be taught...so as soon as we realize the flux of energies - and as far as we know, when it's first accessed there should be something like that - we'll set up training."

Specifics...ah, now there was something they didn't know much of.

"The types of powers are something we don't want to specify too much, just yet...we haven't had a whole lot of experience in predicting it. It might be something related to their blend, or it could be something completely random..."

It would be kind of hard to gain experience about something like this, without actually doing it. So this lucky batch got to be the test subjects! ...not that they'd be telling the guardians that.

Honestly, Stephan too was a bit skeptical about the mages' teaching abilities, "But if you don't know too much about their powers, how are you going to teach them about them?" It seemed like a fairly basic concept. Teach what you know, right? Of course, the frat boy shouldn't really have been talking. He knew a total of zero things about magic, and all of this mage babble was starting to make his head hurt. Maybe it was all the same, but just looked different? Worked the same or whatever.

He frowned a bit, not so much concerned over his future child's education as he was for his sanity and well being. And perhaps the nearby buildings. A temper tantrum from a magic child would be bad, and he tended to induce tantrums from children around him. Maybe it would have been better to think about that before he came here.

"Good idea!"

Dacian beamed at Remiyah, definintly appreciating the idea of an orientation for the guardians - that would be useful. And something they'd probably be needing...

"Well, Ahneta will be the main teacher - but Hadrian and I will probably step in for some things. For example, Hadrian will be handling the sciences, and I'll probably take care of Language..."

"As for how we teach them without knowing too much about their powers - simple. In our own world, while mage talents were most common, there were some unusual ones...and I usually got stuck teaching the little buggers. So I have an idea or two."

Well, that wasn't exactly the most professional of statements, but at least she wasn't entirely new to teaching.

Oh lovely. Stephan eyed Ahneta suspiciously, suddenly realizing that not much that went on in the complex without a lot of thought. Seeming a bit edgy, he pushed on with another question, "Do any of you have teaching degrees? Like, not for the magic, for English and Math and all of that?"

Well, as Marc was, he was worried about colleges. After all, it had taken him some serious crunching through his sophmore and junior years to be accepted, and it had been a pain to worry about making sure his tution payment was up to date and everything. A scholarship would be nice. But if these people didn't even have teaching degrees, that wasn't very likely.

"I imagine it would be a bit difficult to find a college here that would accept degree's from another world."

Ahneta clearly scoffed at that comment, before explaining further, "In our world, something like university is only for rich nobles with too much time to waste; it never actually amounts to anything. But in terms of actual knowledge, all of us graduated with honors from the respective schools we attended."

Mage schools, of course.

"In our world, it's knowledge that's important; not how many degree's you can show off. Well - unless you're a noble."

"And, ah - you really don't need to worry about colleges accepting that education. When we first realized that we would be teaching the Souls, we went and got teacher certification."

Despite how it may have seemed - they weren't walking into this with their eyes closed.

"In effect, this is being treated as a home-school. So we even have to prove, with tests, that we're actually teaching them what they need to know; we do know what we're doing."