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Kas is sadder, after Inkeri's prophecy. And it gets worse as time goes on. The closer they get to Isabella's return, the more it hurts.
He tries to do the best he can for Helen regardless. Helen, in turn, hugs him a lot and doesn't fuss when he cries on her. They make a good team that way.
truthwright
carillons
"Yeah, I know," she says. "It's been bad this week."
Kalavar hops off her shoulder and perches on the ground as a huge black bird; Helen hardly has to reach down to pet her head.
Kalavar hops off her shoulder and perches on the ground as a huge black bird; Helen hardly has to reach down to pet her head.
subastra
"What are you?" Nicoa asks Kalavar.
"What's the matter with him?" Shura asks Helen.
"What's the matter with him?" Shura asks Helen.
carillons
"I'm a teratorn," says Kalavar.
"He's just sad," says Helen. "Sometimes he's just sad."
"He's just sad," says Helen. "Sometimes he's just sad."
subastra
"You're big," says Nicoa.
"Not about anything?" says Shura. "Aren't there doctors for being sad not about anything?"
"Not about anything?" says Shura. "Aren't there doctors for being sad not about anything?"
carillons
"I don't think he wants to see a doctor for his sad," says Helen.
"I am big," says Kalavar, preening her long black feathers.
"I am big," says Kalavar, preening her long black feathers.
carillons
"Because he doesn't want a doctor to do anything about it," says Helen. "He's like that."
subastra
"Just peculiar," says Shura. "A lot of things about your dad come down to him just being peculiar, don't they."
subastra
"It would bother me if my dad was very peculiar and I didn't know why. Do you know why or do you not care about knowing?"
carillons
"I'm not sure there is a reason," says Helen. "I think maybe he just is."
subastra
"Yeah, that would bug me if it was mine," says Shura. "But my dad is very normal."
carillons
"Then everything should be fine as long as your dad and my spinach don't decide to switch places."
subastra
"I wonder if you're so good of magic because of your own peculiarity or if you just are. That's a thing people can just be."
carillons
"I think that's a just-is," Helen says consideringly. "Or maybe it's because I worked so hard when I was little so I could learn runes early and bake cakes in the wilderness. So it's indirectly because of being peculiar."
carillons
She laughs. "Not unexpected like surprising, unexpected like - unusual."