Penny flushed darkly once she remembered why that was, feeling foolish for forgetting already and even asking it of him in the first place. "Oh Gods, I'm sorry. I was just excited, it can wait until- What? The storm is the spell?"
She turned to look out the window again, frowning deeply as raindrops began to patter gently on the glass, though they were quickly growing louder and angrier and another roll of thunder shook the cottage walls. That got her to step back finally, curling her hands in as if the vibrations had burned her and giving Mal a sad but hopeful smile. "It's probably just a coincidence, we were due for some rain anyway. Let's wait it out and try when it clears? At least we'll get to see if you've patched the roof," she added, trying to keep some optimism up about the whole thing potentially being another failure.
