witches treasure children | Glowfic Constellation

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Amariah pauses in midair, conjures up some bayleaves, says, "I need to tuck these into Sue's collar, Ivy," and, when the daemon is out of the way, she puts them where they go and murmurs the poem. "Stella's kind of magic," she says, picking up speed again, "is ostensibly more powerful, but there's no sense of feedback for a made wish like I get on witch spells, so I use the latter when they'll do. Hold on tight!"

And then she loops.

"Wheeeeeeeeee," giggles Sue.

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Amariah keeps up the roller-coaster flight for a considerable amount of time, and ultimately she lands at the house again.

"I wanna hug you can I hug you," says Ivy.

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"If you really want to," Amariah says, "then yes."

Ivy jumps down from Sue's shoulder, lands on the ground as a white tiger, and bumps her head against Amariah's legs.

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"Okay?" Amariah asks, looking between Ivy and Sue.

"Yeah," says Sue.

"Pet me," Ivy demands.

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Amariah pets her, laughing.

"Oh, something you should know - you and Ivy can't get too far away from each other," she tells Sue. "It's possible to get so you can by forcing it, but it hurts - not in a good way - and you're not going to want to. Kas and Petaal had to once and now they can be as far apart as they like, and Pathalan and I did it because witches all do, but most humans never try."

Ivy purrs a loud rumbling purr.

"Okay," says Sue. "But is it bad for us?"

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"It won't injure you," says Amariah. "But it'd feel like you'd done something cruel and evil and untrue-to-yourself, on top of just plain hurting-in-a-bad-way. A lot of people who separate have kind of tense relationships with their daemons for a while after, sometimes indefinitely - me and Path didn't have that, and neither did Kas and Petaal so you'd probably be fine, but it's something to keep in mind."

"I mean if someone put her in a box and flew her back to Earth," he says.

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"It'd still feel like that - that's just fundamentally how it feels, not a feature of doing it on purpose - but you wouldn't die, and you'd eventually be able to function after the bond was stretched enough to give you arbitrary distance. Except not so functional during the part where someone was putting her in a box," shudders Amariah, "not everyone's me, it won't feel nice if some stranger grabs her."

"Yeah," Sue says quietly. "I know. Kas showed me."

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Amariah nods. She's scratching tiger-Ivy behind the ears now.

Ivy purrs some more.

Sue grins and sits down next to her and hugs his tiger.

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Path hops onto Amariah's knee and nuzzles Ivy's foreleg.

Giggling, she licks him.

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"Ack!" says Path, fluffing all his feathers out.

Ivy snickers, leaning her head against Amariah's leg.

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"Kas, Petaal," calls Amariah, "what're you doing all the way over there, huh?"

Kas Petaal

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"Good question," laughs Kas.

Petaal turns lioness and bounds over to flop down on Sue's other side, flicking her tail against Ivy's and pressing her nose against Amariah's leg. Kas follows a little more slowly, and sits at Amariah's feet, where he can pet both large felines and give Path scritches should Path be inclined to receive them.

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Path is so inclined. Path is feeling friendly today.

Cuddlepile!

"Thanks," mumbles Sue, leaning his head on Petaal's furry shoulder. "I love you guys."

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