Kathy gets a new magic set, from a trade with a friend, and becomes convinced she can truly wield magic.

Jim comes home early from work, after a long, hard day, and expects to gain comfort fro. His family, but is quickly disillusioned when they all are too absorbed in their own interests and tasks to pay attention to him. This just makes his mood more sour and he declares at dinner that if he must, he will become a tyrant. This leads to unwelcome consequences.