Editing Illusion (section)

=== Weaknesses ===
The deceptions tend to fail a third time when used.<ref name=":5">“Okay,” I said.  “Fell, can you do ''this'' again?”<br><br>“No,” he said.<br><br>“Why not?”<br><br>“If illusion like I use is going to fail, it’s going to fail on the third try.  Deceptions work that way.  Besides, I need to ''have'' her attention before I can redirect it.”<br><br>As he’d caught her fist with the powder, or the thrown object. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/26 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 5]]</ref> For an illusion to work, the illusionist must have the attention of the one they are deceiving.<ref name=":5" />

[[Paige Thorburn]] learned a technique from [[Isadora]] to project light that would show (as a shadow) the real location of anything hidden by illusion magic, and to shatter illusions into sand.<ref>Fell had moved, too.  Rose turned to look to the left, where Fell now stood, distant from the house, then reached out to touch the shoulders of Paige and the Elder Sister.<br><br>Paige, again, produced the revealing light.<br><br>The image of Fell disintegrated into sand.  The ''real'' Fell was revealed as a shadow, a solid twenty paces away, more to the group’s left than to the front.<br><br>Before anyone could break the shroud, he swept one arm at the ground.  Snow stirred, a cloud of powder six feet high, blocking the light.  When the stirring came to a stop and the light shone through, Fell wasn’t there. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/05/08 Excerpt] from [[Subordination 6.5]]</ref><ref>“Paige,” Isadora said.  “As we practiced.  When we studied the way things ''were'', we used tools, remember?”<br><br>[...]<br><br>“I need light,” she said, not looking away from Peter, though he was hardly equipped to fulfill the request.<br><br>The Elder Sister produced a flame.<br><br>“Brighter,” Paige said, looking away from Peter.<br><br>As the light increased in intensity, Paige raised a hand, a short knife held high.<br><br>The blade caught the light, and it reflected it, casting a thin triangular beam on the houses around them.<br><br>She turned the blade to adjust the direction that the beam was cast, walking backward.<br><br>Passing over Laird’s house, the blade cast ''shadows''.<br><br>Above the door, perched, was a small figure, feathered wings spread.  Below, moving across the front lawn, were two large, adult-sized shadows.<br><br>“Show yourself!” the sphinx ordered.<br><br>They weren’t given a choice.  She’d pushed, and whatever was shrouding them broke, stirring around them as ''sand'', rather than snow.<br><br>The figures were still mid-stride as the shroud peeled away, closing the distance. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/05/08 Excerpt] from [[Subordination 6.5]]</ref>