[She preens with his praise, the smile softening, the rays of light in her hands shimmering, each a dazzling, separate color.]

Yes. Fairies are each only blessed with one specific kind of magic. I'm a light fairy-- I can play with color and invisibility, by bending the light-- either light that already exists, or light that I create.

My mother can create... more elaborate illusions. Like yours. But that's years out of reach.