"I was better at Elspeth than Elspeth for a while because of memory payload," Addy says, ticking off fingers, "I knew more than the wolf who needs a haircut over there when I borrowed her because I could taste it, I did something with Jasper's power once that he could've done but never imagined, I was better than Pera till she turned because I was faster or I couldn't've caught her, and before Vasanti turned I was better than her because I could pay attention to possessed animals and myself at the same time." Addy shrugs.

"Village," Libby decides.

"Can you taste anything about my power that I don't already know?"

"What do you already know?" Addy asks, waving in a rather twee manner as wolves and imprint depart.

"I know my range is like sight range except without caring about obstacles. I know my power is coding the way I see things so that they'll make sense to me. I wasn't quite as sure about that until I saw it on you," he adds. "But it's speaking the same language to you even though you don't know it; it's... well, look at it," he says with a gesture that attempts to encompass the shape of his power on Addy. "It's happy enough to talk to you but it won't go out of its way to be understandable the way it does for me. It's still going out of its way to be understandable to me even though you're the one listening."

"Like sight range," Addy says. "Listen to yourself! Why haven't you boosted your sight yet, cheap as a la carte magic is where you're from? And it doesn't have to twist itself around for me to understand it. I learn new magical languages all the time. Or do you think it came pre-installed in my head, the ability to borrow Vasanti and possess a bat and not crash it into walls in pitch darkness?"

"This is really a fascinating conversation," comments Bella.

"Why would I want to boost my sight? They're not linked," he says. "Although I didn't actually know that until you drew my attention to it, so thank you for that. You're very helpful in an annoying, antagonistic way."

"I do try," says Addy with a sharp grin. "And I know they aren't directly linked. But without your attention on the similarity at all, I couldn't know if they were linked in your head - if you see that far because that's how you think seeing works."

"It's not even seeing, that's just a convenience," he says. "I'd need a whole new set of terms to—how many languages do you speak?"

"Most of them," says Addy primly.

"In that case, when I talk to you about my power I'm going to use my entire vocabulary. Maybe that will help."

Addy spreads her hands invitingly. "Please, do."

Addy replies in a comparable admixture of languages, mostly her native German because why not and it's so good for long compound words too, and talks about what she knows of the history of Golden Bella's power and its functions and what, based on Lazarus's power's information, she thinks is due to what else.

Addy grins broadly, and invites him - and Starry Bella too, of course - on a tour of the whole complex, with visits to each witch's quarters. "A lot of them are mated," she adds.

"I wish Marcus were here," Addy said, stomping her foot.

"Maybe next time," Lazarus says optimistically.

"Only if we're in Safesun next time you come by. That's where he and Didyme and their kids live."

"Maybe we can visit anyway," says Lazarus.

"Of course." Addy grins brilliantly.

He appeals to Bella with a look, since he can't independently teleport.

"I'll need a more specific destination than 'Safesun'," says Bella.