As an apprentice, Coco has a very unique style. Her main strength is her ability to draw strong, clean, straight lines. This comes directly from her experience as a tailor. Compared to curved lines, her straight lines are bold and accurate. Because of this, she focuses on magic that is simple, stable, and easy to execute.
One of the clearest examples of her style is her use of sylph shoes. These allow for high-speed movement, but because Coco tends to draw longer lines, her versions of sylph shoes are extremely fast and harder to control.
As an apprentice witch, she has made some cool inventions too, like the ever-flowing ice pack and other useful tools. She can also use magic to create a tiny fairy-like version of herself that she can control while staying in her bed.
Her creativity is another major strength. She excels at combining ideas and brainstorming new ways to use magic. This leads to some of her most important creations, and even clutch moments that saved her and her fellow apprentices from danger. Another good example of her smart thinking is a pot she made that can turn dirty waste into clean water. It uses a smaller version of the petrification seals from Ezrest.
One of her biggest achievements is the winged cloak, a levitation cloak she created for Custas. The cloak allows the user to fly and is treated with a spell that repels rain and dirt. However, it has a weakness. If the fabric is damaged, the magic stops working.
Later in her story, she improved this idea and presented it at the Silver Eve Festival. She tried to turn the design into a contraption that others could use. The only limitation is that these items take a long time to make, so Qifrey suggested making only a few for demonstration. Coco definitely did not expect how much people would love it. Seeing others experience the joy of flying and chasing their dreams became one of her happiest moments.
But maybe the saddest thing you'll see happen to Coco is how her view of magic starts to change as her journey goes on. At the start, Coco really loves magic. With her limited vocabulary, which was also called out by other apprentices, she struggles to explain how she feels. In fact, she's confident she can be surprised by any kind of magic. If anything, it's much harder to find a spell that doesn't surprise her.
But over time, that joy begins to disappear. Coco starts to see the darker side of magic and the damage it can cause when used without limits. The most painful example of this change comes when she meets a young girl who reminds her of her past self. The girl asks if she can become a witch someday. Coco cannot answer. Since she knows the truth now, she cannot bring herself to say yes, because it would be a lie. But she also cannot say no, because it would destroy the girl's hope.
That moment shows her inner conflict clearly. Basically, Coco has lived on both sides. She knows that anyone can technically use magic, but she has also seen the consequences of that truth. Because of this, she feels trapped between hope and despair. For her, magic feels like a miracle that makes the world exciting. But then she learns how scary it can be, and how people can use it to do really bad, unforgivable things.
Consumed by sadness, she tries to find ways to save her mother from the forbidden spell. She even tried something called a counterclock spell, but it doesn't work. Right now, Coco's mother is in a deep sleep. She's unconscious, lost in the dark.
At one point, Coco starts to think that loving magic was a mistake. But in the end, she remembers that magic is meant to bring happiness to the world, and she keeps trying to find new ways to save her mother.