She does tell! This one has lots of harrowing leadup some of which was definitely redacted for little ears, but Downside was Definitely Not Okay and the Mommies who were in the peal at the time attacked it and it turned out the admin was actually kind of a big deal but she was like, sort of not evil? Just... not unevil? Anyway she was fine cooperating with the Mommies on things and now the Mommies use Downside for stuff! It's useful for stuff and has a lot of Jane in it and now everybody can torch just in case something gets through their wards.

Torch?

If something going through wards and killing us we looking like on fire but not, and then be okay again.

All right. Sounds neat. I'm glad the Mommies were able to work with Downside's god. I hope they don't try working with ours.

Is depend on god, Pen assures him.

Oh, good. Some more flying and singing?

Okay!

And in between he'll keep picking her brain about this extremely powerful and good-or-good-at-giving-decent-reasons-for-things flock of versions of the same person.

There are so many stories! Although Pen's education about them has focused at least as much on the people as their adventures. Although some of the people are adventures. Soph is an adventure! And Helen! ...Pen's Helen information is also partially redacted but there's more than enough for Celegorm to put it together.

Why's Helen an adventure?

Helen is an adventure because when Jane broke her Mommy was out of the universe and the world was cut off for decades and her Daddy had her all by himself and then it turned out she was a Dars and when her Mommy got back she was already thirteen and her Mommy was upset.

'a Dars? what does that mean in terms of personality and stuff?'

They actually calling template Dominiques. That the Rêverie one, only she like middle name more and be Yseult now so Dominique template name instead. They, um, they all each other? They different ages, so is hard saying what them and what each one.

"There's not enough yet to say types, like all the Mommies want to be powerful?"

Um, Helen and Dars loud, Yseult not so much loud...

And Pens?

Am only one.

Which is why no one knows a grammar fix yet, you mentioned that.

Who's the scariest Mommy?

Uuuuum, maybe one with owl? Or Golden?

What can they do?

One with owl only one who using tenners for much. Think Juliet had to but was for putting evil magic-immune god Downside, not doing a thing all herself? Um and Golden just sort of scary looking, she a vampire. She Elspeth's Mommy! Elspeth is cool!

I bet! Is she a version of one of your sisters?

No, different daddy. Only one of Elspeth's daddy. He not coming parties because being by people who looking like his wife but not bothering him, so haven't met. Elspeth a half vampire and she do truth magic! Aurum one in the world family where people sometimes each getting a magic. Those ones called witches not ingots.

Okay! Are there are any stories where the Mommies couldn't win?

Uuuuum not couldn't ever. Haven't yet or couldn't without other ones them though.