"No problems at all." Leo responded. "It's working better than ever." he told her. "Better than this model has any right to." he continued.

"Which is the issue." Hal said.

"There should have been NO way for you to do this." he reasoned.

"You said it yourself, you're blind, and couldn't see anything." he went on.

".....hmmmm." Leo then mumbled, seemingly thinking about something.

"Evasiveness doesn't work on me, sweetie." Hal replied. "You know that." he said.

"Wait..." Leo muttered.

"There might be some truth to what she just said with the getting lucky with random clicking and typing." he said.

"So you're saying this is all a serendipitous series of coincidences?" Hal asked.

"No." Leo responded.

"Think back on it, Lunet." he then said to the girl.

"When you were working on the laptop, did it feel like... something within you was guiding you?" he asked. "Like... you just seemed to 'know' where to go and what to do?" he asked further.

"Hmmm." Leo mumbled.

"You have an idea, Leonard?" Hal asked.

"I do." Leo replied.

"I have a special little machine that I developed and tested. I think it might shed light on this situation." he went on.

"Would it be all right if I used it, Lunet?" he asked the girl.

"I promise it doesn't hurt."

"Well, I'll put a phone-shaped object in your hands, and one of two things will happen." he told her.

"You'll either feel a tingle in your hands, or you won't." he went on.

"There's a screen on it that your father and I will look at, and it'll display something, depending on the reaction." he then explained further.

"You all right with that?" he asked her.

"Now." Leo replied.

He then flicked his wrist, and a small swirl of sand appeared over his palm, causing a small device to appear there.

He fiddled with it for a moment, before nodding.

"All right." he said.

"Here." he told her, handing it over.

"Just hold it and let it do its thing."

Hal and Leo looked at the screen, and they saw that it showed a green checkmark.

"...you can stop now." Leo told her.

When she put it down, he sighed.

"That explains a lot." he commented.

"Was that what I assume it was?" Hal asked.

"It was." Leo confirmed.

"Lunet, you were able to fix your father's computer like you did... because your mana guided you." he informed Lunet.

"I dunno about that." Leo replied.

"It seems like you have passive mana, meaning you can't really actively manifest it." he said.

"But passive mana can be some of the most potent." he went on.

"And seeing as it seems to have shown that it allows you to have a way with technology, it means you could definitely do something with that in your future." he reasoned.

"Just a thought."

Hal looked over towards her, and raised an eyebrow.

"Sure thing, sweetie." he replied.

He then muted the television and looked over towards her.

"Sit down." he told her.

"Ask away." he said.

'...wonder what's up...?' he then thought, concern bubbling up within him.

Hal was certainly surprised by her question, but the more he thought about it, the more he realised that... he really shouldn't be. So he just sighed in response.

"...that... is a fair question." he said.

"And it's probably clear that I am at least not a human." he went on. "You're my daughter, after all. You'd notice various things and the like." he reasoned.

He was then silent, before inhaling quietly, and exhaling slowly.

"I am a djinn." he revealed.

Hal was stunned for a moment, before he suddenly roared with hearty laughter.

"Oh! Oh, all right, all right." he said.

"Firstly, yes, a not-so-nice genie." he told her. "We djinn tend to be more vindictive, malicious, and such, than a genie." he confirmed.

"But not ALL of us are like that." he assured her.

"Secondly, I'm a freed djinn." he told her. "I am no longer bound to a container, nor a master, but my power levels have decreased a bit since being freed." he went on.

"...." he was then silent for a moment, chuckling slightly.

"So no, I don't belong to your mother." he told her.

"...well... not like THAT, anyway..." he muttered with a wry smile.