"I have a couple of tricks, actually," Kieron answered casually, and he held up the twig where both he and the boy could see it. "Most of 'em aren't that visual, though."

He focused on the tip of the twig, and in a few seconds, it caught fire. No match, no lightning strike, nothing fancy. It simply lit itself as though it had been put too close to a candle. The fancy part came when Kieron concentrated just a little, and the fire shifted from red, to blue, to green, to purple, to black, then back to red.