Peninnah is now five, and her wingspan should be sufficient to carry her aloft; she's just having a little trouble with the necessary coordination. Isabella has worked with her, and so has Rinnah, but Peninnah is impatient and has given up on both of them in favor of asking Damaris for help, on the poorly articulated theory that Damaris, at age thirteen, is closer to Peninnah's own size and might make more sense.
"Does anyone else know that you do not currently match?" asks Isabella. "Who would have to be asked to keep the secret - is it only those of us in this room?"
Nothing about Junia's appearance visible past her clothes changes - that would be conspicuous - but it may be felt regardless.
Junia's mother is quietly shell-shocked by this pronouncement.
"Most people don't. My family does, and the oracle Alleluia and her family, and a few of my friends. And now you. Eventually everyone will know, but I want to take it slowly."
"But if you ever need anything else, you can ask me, or my husband - or if it's something little, Keziah and her big sister Damaris can do a little bit of magic."
"I can do small things, and not too many at once before I have to go back to Mom or Dad to get more magic," says Keziah. "Uuuum, I fixed the window in the big choir room? Mark thought John did it and John thought Mark did it but it was really me."
"Yeah!" says Keziah. "My mom can fix anything, that's what I meant. So - so now you can stay."
"Provided you didn't tell them why, it should be fairly simple to simply say that your plans changed."