Cyrus sighed. "You think too extreme." He sighed again and stood up and paced around the garden. Then a thought occurred to him. He propelled it out into the air shielding just enough that Felix couldn't read it and everyone else could. He can't be one of us.
He didn'tmean that Felix couldn't be part of the family. He would forever be that now. But he couldn't be one of the Mayfair witches. The difference is too great. He didn't think like them. He didn't know the same things they knew. Like he didn't know of the Talamasca. Their family had been at odds with them for many generations. While Cyrus and his cousins had that sense of opposition towards them Felix probably never would. It was one of the things that made him believe suddenly that Felix couldn't really be one of them.
Meanwhile Khayman chuckled under his breath. "I wonder how Antha would react to your new belief." His eyes glanced at Felix and Cyrus and the hovered over the house. "There are hundreds of years of memories in that house. Your family. Felix's family. They didn't all belong. Some of them didn't want to belong. But they were still Mayfairs as Felix is a Mayfair. Hemight not belong as you want him to but I believe somehow he will find his place here." He smiled gently. "I'm sure Antha would agree. Because he has an advantage that you and your other cousins did not. He has her special attentions." He laid a hand carefully on the table beside him and ran his finger along the worn spots. "And she has the power to carve out a place for him and conform the rest of you around it."
Cyrus stood in the grass for a minute staring at the people on the patio and then up and the house and back and forth again. Finally he sat down and looked at the table too. "Maybe you're right." He stopped and looked this time at Felix directly. "You do realize how hard it's going to be trying to integrate into this family?" he asked because he didn't think anyone else had. "You are a mayfair in essence but it will be difficult finding your place here even with Antha's help. Are you sure you want that?"
He quickly put up a finger to silence anyone before they spoke while he gathered his thoughts. "Sorry I don't mean to sound like I'm trying to drive you off. It's just that this family is a full-time job and many people have spent their lives trying to get out. But once you'rein there is no getting out. I just want you to realize what being a part of the family means."
He didn'tmean that Felix couldn't be part of the family. He would forever be that now. But he couldn't be one of the Mayfair witches. The difference is too great. He didn't think like them. He didn't know the same things they knew. Like he didn't know of the Talamasca. Their family had been at odds with them for many generations. While Cyrus and his cousins had that sense of opposition towards them Felix probably never would. It was one of the things that made him believe suddenly that Felix couldn't really be one of them.
Meanwhile Khayman chuckled under his breath. "I wonder how Antha would react to your new belief." His eyes glanced at Felix and Cyrus and the hovered over the house. "There are hundreds of years of memories in that house. Your family. Felix's family. They didn't all belong. Some of them didn't want to belong. But they were still Mayfairs as Felix is a Mayfair. Hemight not belong as you want him to but I believe somehow he will find his place here." He smiled gently. "I'm sure Antha would agree. Because he has an advantage that you and your other cousins did not. He has her special attentions." He laid a hand carefully on the table beside him and ran his finger along the worn spots. "And she has the power to carve out a place for him and conform the rest of you around it."
Cyrus stood in the grass for a minute staring at the people on the patio and then up and the house and back and forth again. Finally he sat down and looked at the table too. "Maybe you're right." He stopped and looked this time at Felix directly. "You do realize how hard it's going to be trying to integrate into this family?" he asked because he didn't think anyone else had. "You are a mayfair in essence but it will be difficult finding your place here even with Antha's help. Are you sure you want that?"
He quickly put up a finger to silence anyone before they spoke while he gathered his thoughts. "Sorry I don't mean to sound like I'm trying to drive you off. It's just that this family is a full-time job and many people have spent their lives trying to get out. But once you'rein there is no getting out. I just want you to realize what being a part of the family means."