Alright,
We go a dump and practice there, no one owns trash, right?
+1, let's make TRASH GOLEMS.
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Why not start with something small? Like some creature made out of paper?
I say we make a small moving origami bunny to give as a present to the little girl. It should be animated with our own strength and not a spirit. And we should ask Esme to make sure it's okay to use our ability outside.
You walk over to the corner of the room and pick up a piece of crumpled up and discarded paper. Rather than try and fold it into anything fancy, you just sort of wad and pull and crunch it till its a sort of lump with 4 small stumps of limbs. Then you use the ring to again prick your much scarred finger and connect a bit of Anima to the thing before connecting it to yourself. This is harder than with the mouse; the Anima you bring down doesn't want to "stick" to the paper. You have to grab more and more, handfuls of the stuff and shove it into lump before it finally sticks and even then you can see it slowly slipping away. Still, its enough to hold the little golem in your hand and have it move about awkwardly.
You tell Bruce and Mary you're a Necromancer and that you'd like to try and help them, to help the entire city and country really. Bruce stares at you impassively but Mary seems a combination of shocked, awed, and a bit afraid. Esme just watches, face inscrutable.