"Not especially," says Damaris.

"I call my little sisters 'cherie' but that is hardly on the same level."

"Aww, that's adorable too though."

"Should I also wear a little crown?"

"Yes," says Soph firmly.

Helen conjures one and puts it on Yseult's head. It is made of iron in thin lacy spirals, and it is very pretty.

Soph applauds.

"Beautiful!" says Damaris. "...Are you minted, Helen?"

"Yeah!" She displays a square, patterned like layers of pine needles with the sun shining through them. "Why, aren't you?"

"I see what Glass meant about a theme," Yseult comments, producing a square that looks like oak leaves backlit by the sun in a similar fashion.

Damaris shakes her head. "No. Those are pretty; I wonder what mine look like?"

"You can check with a square," says Soph brightly, nibbling her thumb for a glowy green square and spending it.

"Mine looks like mystical artifact," says Soph. "All of my check-to-see-what-you-get-with-a-square features are mystic artifact related. The cowbird too."

"Are there any other than daemon and coin colour?" wonders Helen, tucking her square away.

"Well, no, but still."

She nods sympathetically.

"I suppose I have a Tony. You cannot check for him with a square but I have him and he is not about the artifact thing."

Helen giggles.

"You can so check for him with a square," Yseult announces, and spends her example square to produce a little illusory Tony.

Soph laughs. "Okay, you can check for him with a square. I stand corrected."

"He is cute," says Yseult. She pats the little illusion on his little illusory head.

"He's soooo cute. And he has the best laugh and he is a really good kisser."

"These are good attributes in a boyfriend," says Yseult.

"Super important."