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Kedie flew down the path, but Bonnie whipped off her coat and flung it in front of the elemental. Our fiery friend disappeared into the cloth and Bonnie snatched up the open ends to make an impromptu bag. She shook the bag a little and a muffled yelp came from the ‘bag.’
I frowned at her. “Why are you doing that?”
“So it’s too shaken to burn through my coat,” she pointed out as she opened her coat enough to reveal the elemental.
Kedie’s body swayed to and fro, and its eyes were crossed. It grasped its head in one hand and glared up at Bonnie. “Why’d you do that?”
“Because you can’t come with us.”
The flame around Kedie’s body burst up, and Bonnie gave her coat another shake. The fire died down as Kedie held on to the cloth to keep from bouncing up and down like on a trampoli
