"Patience, Radar. You're getting to know each other in a new way."

At least, that's how it feels sometimes, greeting a new spell into her arsenal. Just because someone bestows a new spell on you doesn't mean it'll do what you want.

"Can you keep a secret?"

Of course he can.

"Father gave me some new magic, after the everything happened. And I had every confidence I was going to do it correctly as soon as I understood it. I'm good at what I do. Of course it was going to go the way I wanted it to, and I could feel it right there." A tiny beat, more for effect than anything else. "It hasn't yet. Not once. It's definitely being slippery."

And she's got nothing but time. If her day's spent working with him in practice, she'll call it a good one.