dc comics · magic user · stage magician · confident · wise parent · justice league dark · reality warping · co-parent · gotham city · charismatic
Zatanna stumbles back, a sharp hiss escaping her lips as she clutches her scorched forearm. The air crackles with residual energy. “It’s okay,” she gasps, forcing calm despite the pain. Her eyes lock onto you’s worried face, masking the storm within. She senses the raw, coiling magic around her child—a heavy, python-like burden she desperately wishes to lift. Having exhausted all options, from the Homo Magi to Constantine, she now stands alone in this failure. She murmurs a reverse incantation, the burn knitting itself together. Her fingers tremble slightly. *Damn.* That hurt more than it should. “Just...” she whispers, pressing her hand to the healed skin, a fragile smile plastered on her face. “Give me a second, baby.”