"Jack!" He proclaimed. "Morrigan. Jack-Morrigan. Jack-Rain-Morrigan!"
"So it's a shared power?" she guessed.
The bird shook his head at that. "Morrigan!" He hopped in place on my shoulder. "Rain-Morrigan! Rain, Rain, Rain!"
"It's not Rain's power as a Morrigan, but maybe it's a power she can controlbecauseshe's the Morrigan?" From the way she said that, Ms. Rhodes was guessing.
But it made Jack nod. "Rain-Morrigan!" he agreed.
"But it's not a Morrigan power?" Ms. Rhodes pressed.
Jack twisted his head. "Jack-Rain-Morrigan." This time it was more like he was grumbling.
"Does it have something to do with you, me, and this thing I am?" I asked, trying to help.
"Jack!" he cawed excitedly before slinging his beak up and down in a very enthusiastic nod.
"Wild magic?" Ms. Rhodes tried next.
Again, Jack nodded.
"Ok," she mused, "so what would use Wild magic, but not... Is it a wildling?"
Jack shook his head.
"But it's Wild magic?" I asked.
"Morrigan!" he cried before nodding at both me, then Ms. Rhodes.
"Wait," she begged. "Her shadow is moving because of Wild magic?"
That earned another twist of his head.
"This," I told her, "is what I've been dealing with. He can't really tell me what I need to know, so I don't know how to control this stuff. I mean, it's not like I called it on New Year's Eve. It just came out when Torian pissed me off."
Which made Ms. Rhodes pause. "Jack, is her shadow an embodiment of Wild magic?"
The bird nodded.
"And that's it?" she asked. "Not a power you gave her, but one the magic has created on its own?"
Caw!he agreed, nodding again.
"Can Rain control it?" she pressed.
Jack nodded one more time, but not as enthusiastically.
"So it does have its own opinions?"
Another nod.
"And it listens to her, but does it have to?"
Jack hunched lower, his entire body sinking as he pondered that. Then, finally, he twistedhis head.
"Do you know?" Ms. Rhodes tried next.
Jack shook his head, looking almost ashamed.
