I am all but finished dissecting myself. I know exactly what each part does and how they interact with the other parts. I have no idea how to twist any of what makes me, me, together with magic, but now I can better comprehend everything that goes on in my body, and possible the bodies of other Mana based creatures.

During my downtime I hung out with Willow, we haven’t talked much in a while. It seems she has grown quite a bit in her manipulation of the weather, to the point that i’m thinking that she might be more powerful than Mest, at least in terms of brute magical force. I mean, that’s not anything too rare around here, many of the more magically minded Ent’s are able to outmatch Mest in a magical arm wrestling contest. But I have never seen Mest lose a fight, no matter who he was up against or how many.

When I asked Willow why she doesn’t just make the snow go away she responded with ‘It isn’t my place to make the seasons change’. The fear in her voice as she said that was awe-inspiring.

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Willow has been alive for almost a year now, but it feels like so much longer. It’s easy to forget that she is less than a year old, especially when you look at her. But more than that, she has developed a level of maturity that I don’t even have, if her refusal to change the season just to be more comfortable is anything to go by. I would abuse that power so much.

The more we talked the more I realized something, I don’t really know her very well. Yeah, I’ve known her for longer than she’s been alive, in one form or another, but I have never really gotten to know her. I mean I have, but not enough, and people change, especially people who were effectively a blank slate not a year ago.

She has become quiet and soft-spoken, but underneath that, I can feel an intensity in her. It is almost like she is putting on a front of calmness to hide a storm of emotion, an apt metaphor for one gifted in the ways she is. It reminds me of Thes in a way, I’m not sure that's a good thing.

She sees Tiddol and Mest as her surrogate parents, referring to them as Mama and Papa respectively, I think it’s adorable. One thing that surprised me, however, was that she sees Thes as being kind of like her strong older brother, and it seems like Thes has taken to the roll. I hope it will be a good thing for him.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.