She straightens with a surprised shriek. "Oh, Jessamin! It's just you. Well. This is embarrassing." She smiles guiltily. "I was eavesdropping on the parlor, actually."
"With ... a flower."
"My own spell. Don't tell anyone. It's crass to invent new ways to use magic, and everyone would look down on me. But you'll appreciate this! I gave my aunt a lovely potted plant that I recommended she place in the parlor. A very special potted plant, that allows me to pick a flower and use it as a conduit through which I can hear conversations. I did not gain my reputation as Avebury's most skilled gossip by chance."
"You have certainly elevated eavesdropping to new and complicated heights. Wouldn't it be simpler to just listen outside the door?"
She leans forward. "Here, on my forehead, feel."
Puzzled, I run my fingers over the spot she indicated. There's a small indentation. "What is that?"
"When I was eleven, I was listening to an argument between my father and uncle. My father stormed out, and the door hit me so hard it knocked me unconscious and left a permanent dent! So I became more creative in the interest of self-preservation."
"You are a wonder."/>

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" What are you doing?" I ask.
She straightens with a surprised shriek. "Oh, Jessamin! It's just you. Well. This is embarrassing." She smiles guiltily. "I was eavesdropping on the parlor, actually."
"With ... a flower."
"My own spell. Don't tell anyone. It's crass to invent new ways to use magic, and everyone would look down on me. But you'll appreciate this! I gave my aunt a lovely potted plant that I recommended she place in the parlor. A very special potted plant, that allows me to pick a flower and use it as a conduit through which I can hear conversations. I did not gain my reputation as Avebury's most skilled gossip by chance."
"You have certainly elevated eavesdropping to new and complicated heights. Wouldn't it be simpler to just listen outside the door?"
She leans forward. "Here, on my forehead, feel."
Puzzled, I run my fingers over the spot she indicated. There's a small indentation. "What is that?"
"When I was eleven, I was listening to an argument between my father and uncle. My father stormed out, and the door hit me so hard it knocked me unconscious and left a permanent dent! So I became more creative in the interest of self-preservation."
"You are a wonder. "

― Kiersten White , Illusions of Fate

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Kiersten White quote : What are you doing?She straightens with a surprised shriek. "Oh, Jessamin! It's just you. Well. This is embarrassing." She smiles guiltily. "I was eavesdropping on the parlor, actually."
"With ... a flower."
"My own spell. Don't tell anyone. It's crass to invent new ways to use magic, and everyone would look down on me. But you'll appreciate this! I gave my aunt a lovely potted plant that I recommended she place in the parlor. A very special potted plant, that allows me to pick a flower and use it as a conduit through which I can hear conversations. I did not gain my reputation as Avebury's most skilled gossip by chance."
"You have certainly elevated eavesdropping to new and complicated heights. Wouldn't it be simpler to just listen outside the door?"
She leans forward. "Here, on my forehead, feel."
Puzzled, I run my fingers over the spot she indicated. There's a small indentation. "What is that?"
"When I was eleven, I was listening to an argument between my father and uncle. My father stormed out, and the door hit me so hard it knocked me unconscious and left a permanent dent! So I became more creative in the interest of self-preservation."
"You are a wonder." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>
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