"No, no," she says quickly, and noticing the fear--the very last thing she wants to see--on Henry's face she puts down the pencil. "It's not really magic, and it won't hurt you, I promise," Sinthia says.

"It's...this is why talking about my family is complicated," she says. "I can do a lot of things that normal people can't. But I promise I won't hurt anyone here with it."