A Little Magic, If You Please

"Yes, you know - levitate yourself, or turn this tired old table into a marble podium, or whip me up a nice leg of mutton out of thin air."

Frederica frowned. She was no more able to do any of that than she was able to turn that old coot Belboz back to flesh and blood, or send herself back to her beloved Gunther. What to do?

"Well," the man said, leaning back in his chair, "I'm waiting. Go on, do something."

1. Frederica confesses that she's not really a magic weilder.
2. Frederica tries to trick the man, and succeeds.
3. Frederica tries to trick the man, but fails.
4. Frederica suddenly finds that she *can* do magic!
5. "Why should I have to prove anything to anybody?" she asks. "Can't you just take me at my word?!?"

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