She looks at Hali.

"Tobi said that you wanted to ask me something?"

"Yeah.  Do you want me to do a thing that'd help you turn your magic on?"

Her eyes widen.

"You can do that? Um…"

(She looks at the ground and fidgets.)

"I think I want that, yeah. Do I hafta do anything?"

"Not really, but it'll help if you can imagine what having your magic would feel like; holding that feeling in your head makes it go faster.  Separately, you might feel a bit weird, like your heart's racing a bit; take some deep breaths, you'll be just fine.  I want you to tell me if something feels wrong while this is happening, though, okay?  Even if it's just that your heart is racing."

Nod!

She scurries over to the couch to sit between Su-Yeong and Tobi. The latter's monkey hops into her lap.

"Hey! You shouldn't worry, 'kay? The magic feels really good, and it doesn't hurt. Hali and Tobi tested this first so we could know it would be safe for you, and I'm what happened!"

This cheers Peony up! She nods again to Hali.

"Okay, I'm ready."

Hali smiles, and starts the infusion process, watching everything carefully.

The process is smoother than Tobi's was, mainly because when Peony first concentrates on what her magic might be like, the production hitches up faster than Tobi's did! (It also has been doing this when something makes her nervous, or excited, or…) This feeds into the spell much more easily.

"I think I can feel it!" chirps Peony, fluttering her hands. (Her native production tapers off slightly as she loses focus, but by now the spell's doing enough work that she doesn't lose any ground.)

In about half the time as Tobi's took, a weasel appears, flopped on her neck.

"You did it!  Yay!  And hello there, you!"

Peony bounces a little, then turns to Su-Yeong.

"Susu, what color am I?"

Indulgent smile as she peers into Peony's new eyes.

"Light purple, like a lilac! I'll go get you a mirror."

"Huh!"

She's not totally sure how to feel about the color, but… it's okay. They aren't here. She doesn't have to see them anymore.

"...Everything alright there, Peeps?"

...She has no idea whatsoever about why she just said that, but she is going to roll with the nickname and hope nothing explodes!

Peony seems to find it unobjectionable! The nickname, anyway.

"Um…"

This is something she hasn't told even Tobi and Su-Yeong yet. She feels braver than usual, enough to say it, maybe, but - she'd rather tell her new guardians first? Even though Hali is very nice. Maybe she can say something that's true but doesn't give it all away.

"There were some people who were mean to me before I met Tobi and Susu. And the meanest one had purple flower colored magic too."

Peony does not realize that Hali probably has enough information to make an educated guess about who "some people" might be, at least in relation to Peony.

"...Oh, honey.  I'm sorry to hear that.  Do you want me to see if I can change it, maybe?  I know I wouldn't like having magic that reminds me of the people who were mean to me all the time."

Unfortunately, she kind of does, fuck you Lolth,

That's an option?

"I don't think so," she decides after a moment of surprise. "But thank you for asking."

(Su-Yeong gets back with the mirror! Peony looks in it and nods again, apparently having firmed up her decision to keep the magic even if it reminds her a little of… before. It's hers, not theirs.)

"It was worth doing, and I'm glad I did it.  And - if you change your mind, later, offer's open then, too."

She's going to go and give Peony some space, she thinks.  Or rather, privacy.

Peony runs up to Hali and -

"Can I hug you?"

"Yes, absolutely.  I like hugs.  -- in the more general case try to be not meaningfully more muddy or something than I am but you can absolutely hug me whenever you feel like you want to."

(A twinge of oh no, is she calling me muddy? before she fully processes what Hali's saying.)

"Okay!"

She hugs her and then scurries off to the room she's been using as a bedroom. Now with added weasel!

Peony gets a reassuringly sturdy and warm hug that is nonetheless easy to escape!

...Hali is actually pretty good at giving hugs, for all that she's normally rather physically awkward.  She just has to think about what she'd want in this situation.

Peony isn't picky!

"Thank you for everything," Tobi says quietly once Peony's out of the room. "I… maybe it's a little much to assume, but I see Peony as basically a little sister. So - it feels like in two days, you've done so much to help my whole family."

"It's - the least I could do, really.  I'm an adventurer, I'm contractually obligated to meddle."  She quirks a small grin at Tobi, clearly intending to soften the serious mood.  "And you opened your home to a stranger in need - have done that many times over, I do believe.  You're overdue for some kindness in return; I'm just - carrying it out."

"Well, whatever your reason, we're a lot better off. So if there's anything we can do for you, one friend to another…"

His monkey pipes up: "We'd be happy to lend you a hand!"

"...Y'know, that's fair."

She sighs.  "I don't really...think there's much that would solve my bigger problems around here, though."