She had come to Tortall five months ago to train with Numair and Daine in wild magic and the gift. Kiri was the first known person to have both, and sometimes it was hard. Though sometimes it proves troublesome, more often than not she was glad she had her magic. They helped her a lot when she practised fighting. Working with them taught the 9 1/2-year-old not to give up. She was exceptionally good at fencing and horse riding but had trouble at archery and wrestling.
"Has it ever occured to you that this person might not want to be found?" Numair asked sarcastically.
"Yes. And your point is?" she asked impatiently.
"you may go," he said.
she ran down towards Kel's room. the door was open since Neal was inside. just great, she thought. Kiri didn’t like Neal too much. he got on her nerves. ~Kel, what is she doing here?~ she asked her, putting her magic into her words so Neal couldn’t hear.
"he wanted to observe," Kel said. Neal heard what Kel said because Kel didn’t have the gift.
"Kiri why do you do that? it's not fun only hearing half the conversation."
"well then," said Kiri," don’t listen. now, let’s get on with this.
