I get the most interesting voice mails from Marauder. He apparently spent most of Easter Day with his girls. Nothing wrong with that (it certainly beats my Easter Day activities which largely consisted of putting off some housecleaning until early evening) and as part of his father-daughter time, he taught Evangeline how to use a magnifying glass to start fires.
The next sentence in the voice mail clarifies things a bit. What he was really teaching her was how to do wood-burning but she immediately saw the additional applications for this skill. He then quickly added that of course she understands that she’s not supposed to do this unless there’s a grown-up present.
But still, I can’t help thinking that Evangeline is developing a most interesting skill set. She’s already demonstrated a knack for opening locked doors. Now she has a method for covering her tracks.
Fortunately, this also means that her life of crime will be limited to daylight hours.
(It looks like Marauder is also starting to wonder about the skills he’s teaching.)