truthwright
Kalavar turns into a series of different brightly coloured dragons.
Kas giggles at her.
A week later, the visit draws to a close; Kas collects his daughter and wanders away. He's back in two months, at Ranata's prompting. He decides that the month Helen spends with the witches every year should be August, since so many witchy things seem to depend on birthdays.
He gets back in the habit of burning postcards. Most of them are about Helen, one way or another.
Kas giggles at her.
A week later, the visit draws to a close; Kas collects his daughter and wanders away. He's back in two months, at Ranata's prompting. He decides that the month Helen spends with the witches every year should be August, since so many witchy things seem to depend on birthdays.
He gets back in the habit of burning postcards. Most of them are about Helen, one way or another.
When Helen turns five, she is supposed to start dagger lessons. Work with a blade doesn't start right away; first she has to learn footwork and drawing and some basic moves with a wooden practice dagger. Shura starts at about the same time; she is younger than Helen, but she's been getting early coaching from her mother.
Shura wants a real dagger. She wants to learn to make arrows, and stab dummies, and cut her cloud-pine.
But she knows the fastest way to get her real dagger is to be good with the wood one, so here she is, lunging and slashing it through the air, insulting imaginary enemies. Since she is not even five yet, this mostly consists of calling them: "Frostbitten - um - spinach heads!"
But she knows the fastest way to get her real dagger is to be good with the wood one, so here she is, lunging and slashing it through the air, insulting imaginary enemies. Since she is not even five yet, this mostly consists of calling them: "Frostbitten - um - spinach heads!"
carillons
This makes Helen giggle uncontrollably, which in turn makes it difficult for her to properly attend to her lessons.