Khaat's House in Hogsmeade--(open)

"I've seen it used before, but I haven't ever used it," Khaat said. "You're right. It could be very useful. but we'd have to do it right. I think I might have something on it in a book in my study. I can look it up sometime tonight. But I want you to do your practicing with your new powers either when I'm here--in case you get another really bad headache, or I need to give you a potion for pain to reduce your headache pain if it comes back. It is too severe for you to try it on your own. Did either of your parents have any sort of seer's abilities? It might be a clue as to why this started up for you?"

"I dunno," Gar said, trying to recollect his memories. He seemed to have an image of his father, pupils dilated, staring out a window. "I think my father could do what I can do...I'm not sure..."

" Well, you know those things tend to run in families. It may be that as you get older and more practiced you find that you develop more abilities as a seer in different ways. I want to keep an eye on this. First of all, part of your training needs to be either reducing or controlling not just the visions themselves, but also the headaches. As you can do that, you can work on expanding your other senses as well. Just do not push unless you know you'll be able to stop the pain if it doesnt work like it should. I'll work out some exercises for you to do, in order to sharpen your skills. That will help you practice. In fact, I do have an idea. Give me a few minutes."

She went to her study and got a deck of regular playing cards and she shuffled them. Then she walked all around the house and the yard and the potting shed and hid all 52 cards in various places. "Now," she said, "Without working until you have pain, find as many of the cards in the deck as you can. And see how many of them you can identify without looking at them. Take all the time you need."

Garulia sighed. This was gonna be tough.
"King of Hearts..." he muttered, slowly walking around the property, using his Second Sight. "Queen of Diamonds... Ten of Clubs..."
About an hour later he was done. After bringing his sight back to normal, he only had a very slight headache.
"Alright. It doesn't hurt much."

"Excellent!" She hugged him. "I am so proud of you. Now let me fix this." She laid her hands on the sides of his head and assessed him for a moment. "Not bad at all. Much better than I expected. Good job." She relieved the pain by drawing it off of his aching head until she sensed it was gone. "See if that helps. Let me know when you're ready for another challenge."

Suddenly Gar felt very tired out. Not sleepy, just exhausted. It's a difficult feeling to explain.
"Whew, not today, maybe tomorrow," he said, slumping down into a chair. "That tired me out. 52 different places. Jesus."

"It was a good test," Khaat smiled, "It shows me where your skill level is and where we need to work. Well done. Now--go lay down and rest. Sleep if you can. That will help. Your mind isn't ready to be pushed much more. And I'll fix something really special for you for dinner to celebrate how well you did. It'll be a surprise. Go on. Go lay down in your room. I can't surprise you while you're sitting here." She smiled and kissed the top of his head.

Garulia smiled and headed out of the room, walking down the hallway and walking into his room groggily.
Falling face down on the bed, he passed out.

Khaat got busy in the kitchen, carefully timing everything to be ready just at dinner time.. For an appetizer, she made a shrimp cocktail with some whole wheat croistinis. She started the meal itself by making a loaf of fresh, from scratch Hawaiian Sweet Bread. The recipe called for so much sugar in each loaf that it made the crust caramelize and turn dark and sweet and crispy. She made a spiced honey butter to go with her bread. She had a beautiful roast, and she put it into the oven to cook slowly to make it tender and tasty. She fixed her special rich and creamy mashed potatoes that had golden yellow Yukon potatoes, with butter, cream cheese, and sour cream, with minced chives, a little roasted garlic, and salt and pepper. She fixed a lovely gravy with the roast drippings and had added a bit of port and some carmelized onions to bring out the flavor of the roast. She made a mix of roasted root vegetables--roasted sweet shallots, bell pepper pieces, carrots, parsnips, fennel, all tossed with olive oil, kosher salt and fresh rosemary. And for dessert, she poached some pears in a reduction of a sweet red wine with cinnamon and nutmeg added. She made some homemade cinnamon ice cream to put with the poached pears.

She chose a natural colored linen table cloth, set her table, and conjured deep coral colored roses to put in stoneware vase on her table. She brewed fresh tea and fresh coffee both, and filled water glasses with ice water with fresh lemon wedges. She set out the shrimp cocktail appetizer, and called her family. She hoped they were hungry.

Garulia awoke to Khaat's call and walked into the kitchen groggily.
"Hey," he said, then was immediately woken up at the smell. "This. Is. Amazing!"
He tackle-hugged her. "You didn't need to do all this!"