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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."
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"She is coming back, right? You told me she would," Ranata says, looking up at Kas.
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"Yeah," he says. "I just don't know if she's going to be back while Helen's still little."
Ranata pets Helen's hair. Cas hovers closer to Kalavar.
"Oh."
"Oh."
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Petaal, in the shape of a fox, curls up around the duckling and licks her face.
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.
"Well, I can teach her to be a witch. I did it once and Isabella turned out beautifully."
"If she's a witch," amends Ranata. "But it sounds like she is. Somehow.'
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."
"Helen isn't a very witchy name," says the cousin.
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"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.]
...The cousin blinks at him. Her potoo daemon squawks. "I want to know what's going on," she says.
"Where did this baby come from?" asks the cousin.
"Then why is she a witch? What is going on? Are you from some other world?"
"The clan is entitled to know what Ranata Ekamma has brought into it," says the cousin, pointing at Helen.