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"Rain, rain, go away!

Come again some other day!"

"Well, if you really want it, Daddy." Magnus straightened up and looked very
serious for a minute.

"No, no! I didn't meanтАж oh, stinkweed!" Rod glanced at the window; the
pattering of the rain slackened, and a feeble sunbeam poked through.

"Magnus!" Gwen's tone was dire warning. "What have I told thee about
tampering with the weather?"

"But Daddy wanted it!" Magnus protested.

"I did let that slip, in an unguarded moment," Rod admitted. "But it can't be just
what we want, sonтАФthere're other people who actually like the rain. And

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everyone needs it, whether they like it or notтАФespecially the farmers. So bring it
back, now, there's a good boy."

Magnus gave a huge sigh that seemed to indicate how disgustingly irrational
these big people were, screwed up his face for a momentтАФand the gentle patter
of raindrops began again. Cordelia and Geoffrey looked mournful; for a moment
there, they'd thought they were going to get to go out and play.

"Odd weather we're having around here lately," Rod mused, wandering over to
the window.

"In truth," Gwen agreed, drifting over to join him with Gregory on her shoulder.
"I cannot think how he does it; 'twould take me an hour to move so many clouds
away."

"Yeah, well, just add it to the list of our son's unexplained powers." He glanced
back at Magnus, a chunky boy in tunic and hose with his hand on the hilt of his
dirk. His hair had deepened to auburn, and the loss of his baby-fat had revealed a
strong chin that puberty might turn to a lantern-jawтАФbut Rod could still see the
affectionate, mischievous toddler. Strange to think his powers were already
greater than his mother'sтАФand his father's, of course; Rod had only knowledge
and wit, and a computer-brained robot-horse, on his side. But Magnus had the
wit already.

They all did. Cordelia was a flame-haired fairy-slender version of Gwen. Golden-
haired Geoff had a compact little body that would probably grow up into a
unified muscle, where Magnus would probably turn lean and rangy; golden hair