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Having ruled out the other possibilities, the matriarch grinned.
Magic.
Somehow, Ranma had learned magic, of a style unknown to her. While no slouch at sorcery herself (it had occupied a boring decade in the mid-1800's), Khu-Lon considered herself more an alchemist than a magician. Why spend three hours and a small fortune's worth of supplies to make an enemy forget you when three seconds, the right hair care product (brewed by guess-who) and a knowledge of phrenology could do the job better?
That was her attitude right up to the point when the Tendo girl had her strength sealed. After that…
So. Very. Interesting!
Pulling out a ball of smoky grey crystal she cackled in anticipation, causing several customers downstairs to shiver. If asked the week before if Ranma could learn magic, much less magic so flexible and ideally suited to combat, she would have laughed and accused the person in question of raiding her 'Special' spice-rack. Now, though…
Muttering the incantation and bringing her will to bear on the crystal, she nodded in satisfaction as a tiny image of the Saotome youth appeared, walking along the streets of Nerima.
'Hmm. That's odd.' The image provided by the crystal was generally clear and sharp (allowing for distortion from the spherical shape, of course). This time, though…
'How can a crystal ball even have static, anyway?'
Concentrating in an effort to clear the image, Khu-Lon noted the boy twitch and inhale, before releasing what looked like a truly legendary sneeze.
And the crystal ball filled with static.
For a full ten seconds she gaped in disbelief, before her face settled into a look of mingled mirth, resignation and anticipation.
"Knocking out a magical artefact with a sneeze, Ranma? I'm going to get a lot of entertainment out of this, I think."
Butterflies and Wild Horses, Chapter 8
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