“He shrugs. “The way I figure everything out. I just kind of leave my mind and go off looking for an answer. I don’t try to hard, just sort of put it out there. Playing sports is great for it—you get into the zone, let your body move without thinking, and then an idea comes, nearly out of nowhere. That’s where I got the idea to eat organic. I was wondering how to get better at the magic, and I started playing. The soccer ball came flying at me and in the spit second before it hit me, I saw it was the junk food that was getting in the way. The ball nearly knocked me out, but when I got up, I knew I’d never eat that crap again. It would hurt me and my magic too much.””

“…I don’t try to hard…” change ‘to’ to ‘too’

“…and in the spit second….” (hee hee) change ’spit’ to ’split’

““That’s how it works most times,” he says. “You don’t ever really know how you know something, you just do. It kind of lands on you, and you know it. And all the facts can seem like they point in a totally different direction, but you still feel like you just know what you know. I’ve test it out a lot.””

“…I’ve test it out a lot…” change ‘test’ to ‘tested’

““Bea thinks Anna is crazy to say you are good and Jake is a mix of good and bad, and that I’ll have to chose between you and Jake someday, to see who will be head of the family.” I pause for effect, but Michael doesn’t seem phased. Or even surprised.”

“…and that I’ll have to chose between…” change ‘chose’ to ‘choose’

““She says it is way to complex to be teaching me that right away,” I quickly add. “But Anna thinks Bea’s methods of teaching me magic isn’t good, because I’m not protected and I’m learning too much, too fast.””

“…it is way to complex…” change ‘to’ to ‘too’

“…methods of teaching me magic isn’t good..” change ‘isn’t’ to ‘aren’t’

:~)