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Their Isabella having just gone to welcome a new Bell into the peal, Kas and Petaal snuggle up together and take a nap. They'll want to be well rested for the party.
When they wake up, she still isn't back.
[Jane?]
No response.
Kas teleports down to the Janepoint, Petaal wrapped snake-shaped around his shoulders.
The display reads: error 7788: lycanthropy
"...So that's new," he says.
"No shit," says Petaal. "Now what?"
He shrugs. She coils tighter.
"Hang around and wait, I guess."
truthwright
"Learning to do magic, and fly, and shoot and dagger-fight, and if she's Isabella's she's in our clan and should learn about that, and she'll need to separate when she's old enough, and - well, witches are different, dear."
Ranata nods. She goes on holding Helen, rocking her slowly. "And when your mommy comes back she will find the cutest little baby ever, won't she," she murmurs to Helen, apparently provisionally buying the story that this is her grandchild.
truthwright
"Yeah," he says. "I just don't know if she's going to be back while Helen's still little."
Cas lands.
Ranata sighs, sits down, and starts singing a lullaby without any lyrics. It's probably hazardous for witches to sing songs with lyrics.
Ranata sighs, sits down, and starts singing a lullaby without any lyrics. It's probably hazardous for witches to sing songs with lyrics.
The next day, they fly to the Olympic clan's enclave, and Ranata collects her materials, and under the light of the full moon she casts an elaborate spell calling the blessings of Amariah Lytess down on Helen Ianthe.
It sticks.
Ranata gets help from a cousin to cast the spell to see what it actually did, and concludes: "It's about Kalavar. Daemons are in Amariah Lytess's portfolio. Helen will have an easier time of separating, when it's time, than most people. Kalavar will be stronger than she looks, too."
It sticks.
Ranata gets help from a cousin to cast the spell to see what it actually did, and concludes: "It's about Kalavar. Daemons are in Amariah Lytess's portfolio. Helen will have an easier time of separating, when it's time, than most people. Kalavar will be stronger than she looks, too."
truthwright
"Didn't know she was a witch when I named her," he says. "It's hers until she says different."
"How could you not know your baby daughter is a witch?" says the cousin.
[...I haven't explained that she's my granddaughter,] Ranata tells Kas. [I don't know what to say instead, though.]
[...I haven't explained that she's my granddaughter,] Ranata tells Kas. [I don't know what to say instead, though.]