Meeting lost family (Jaela)

[Anastasia]

"You really have to work at it. Being in Arborea helps as well, since even nymphs give celestials here the benefit of the doubt - at first, if you don't blow it." Your brother says, "Nymphs of the Prime are usually less likely to do that." He crosses his arms and rolls his neck, "Hey Jaela, have you made me an Uncle yet?"

[Corwin]

"Kinda sorta. I adopted an adorable little girl! And due to celestial bullshit she grew up in like months." Jaela makes a face. "Where's the fun in that? Oh! But she's still adorable!"

[Anastasia]

"What's her name?" Your brother asks, "Does she take after you at all?" A pause, "Why would that make her grow up fast? This really begs more details."

[Corwin]

"You're gonna meet her! But sure, her name's Mirajane and she does actually take after me! The growth thing is because of her origin. I guess. She's unique so it's not like there's something to go on. Mirajane's a seer, too, which is actually crazy useful for everyone. I feel better about her having a nice and safe power like that."

[Anastasia]

"Oh yeah. One of my sons was called to being a paladin. I never stopped worrying about him." Your brother admits, "A daughter was a natural with the Weave and chose much safer professions. I could worry about her far less."

[Corwin]

"I still freaked out when her first idea of going out to fight was to aim for some immortal fucked up demon cannibal. Seriously? That's what you're getting your feet wet on? And people kept on enabling her!"

[Anastasia]

"That is something that needs killing, though," Hanna points out, "The Father's menace is growing."

"Hah, I like that. She has spirit and ambition," Your brother laughs, patting your shoulder, "She's going for the gold rather than warming up on goblins and rats."

[Corwin]

"Too much spirit," Jaela grumbles. "I keep on telling her it's okay to wait a bit and figure out who she wants to be. I don't care if bullshit magic is involved, you're supposed to take your time deciding your future unless, oh I don't know you're all alone and your world gets taken over by Hell."

[Anastasia]

"Or the menace of a cannibal demon is growing," Your brother says, "Jaela, I know it's an old sop that they grow up too fast, but your daughter really grew up too fast. Now you can sit back, be an old maid and watch her go crusade while your knit." He's grinning by the end of it. "It doesn't get easier, and if she's as willful as you look to be, I doubt she'll easily take no for an answer."

[Corwin]

"I'm worried she's taking shortcuts with her powers. Precog doesn't actually give you necessary skills, it lets you bluff out others that you do."

[Anastasia]

"Well then," Your brother scratches his chin, "I'll have to train with her to see, then. I think I can straighten that out. Can her seer powers penetrating protections against scrying? How potent are they and how far into the future does she see?"

[Corwin]

"It varies," Jaela muses, deciding to form her light gauntlet over her right hand. If they're talking about training tips, her brother might well have some insight if this ends into another explosive failure. "She's not infallible, and I'm pretty sure she sees less than she lets you believe. And in some cases it's not very useful. If you know an attack is coming, but you know only a moment in advance and don't have the speed or agility to dodge, does it really help? It would once you've trained your precog power and your body, but until then...."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, I fought an weird who could do that once," Your brother says, "Brutal opponent, I had to retreat. She knew everything I was going to do and countered it. Sounds like she needs more training, regardless."

[Corwin]

Jaela closes her fist and tries to form a gauntlet dagger from the light. "Training's great. And also... I dunno, not humility but a sense of needing to rely on others? Even I don't travel on my own away from the Aurora, because you need to make a misstep just once and it could be all over for you. I'm not sure she's got that understanding, because her power is bullshit and it takes some quasi deity level to outright block it. But like we talked it doesn't need to be blocked to put her at a serious disadvantage."

[Anastasia]

"I'd say give her a scare, set up a situation where she fails and thinks it's bad, then show it's a trial. One, you usually anger whomever you do it to and two, a seer will see right through it." Your brother says, "Especially if she has all-seeing eyes like Mother."

"She does," Hanna chimes in, "She's perceptive. She's wise beyond her years, but occasionally makes mistakes born of inexperience."