"What's a harpy?" says Helen. "And isn't that my secret mom's name?"

"A harpy is a creature that lives in the afterlife and acts as a gatekeeper there," says Ranata, "and - yes - yes it is, they're talking about the same person."

"Why's there a movie about my secret mom? Isn't she a secret?"

"It's a secret that she's your mom. It's not a secret that she did what she did."

"What'd she do?"

"She made the afterlife."

"Really?" says Helen. "How'd she do that?"

"No one knows exactly." Ranata swallows. "Most witches think she did a sacrificial spell - with herself as the sacrifice - and that that's why she hasn't turned up since - but something Kas said makes me think maybe that isn't what happened - he would know more than me about it, though, he was closer to her at the time it happened and he won't tell me everything."

"I don't know why he won't tell me. He just won't."

"I bet it's because she's secret," says Helen.

"She's only partly secret. They make movies about her," says Ranata. "But that you're her daughter needs to stay a secret, because people would bother you about it if they knew."

"I don't want people bothering me about her," says Helen. "Because she's secret."

"Very good," sighs Ranata.

And that is all Helen has to say on the subject of her secret mom for now.

They arrive at Charlie's eventually.

He hugs her. "I did not know that about manatees," he says, laughing softly.

"It's true! We looked at some and they looked huggy," she asserts.

"But you didn't try it and see?"

"There was a sign that said we're not s'posed to. So I hugged Granatee instead!"

"Is that my name now?" chuckles Ranata.

"No! Your name is Ranata Ekamma," says Helen. "Granatee is your other thing."

"Her other thing?" asks Charlie, amused.