"Perhaps more importantly, it's never a good idea to turn children."

"I'm a hundred twenty. Almost a hundred twenty one."

"And half-vampires are full grown at seven; that's not the point. Vampires don't just stop physically aging; we also have static personalities and don't mature after turning. And this is an enormous problem if you're a child vampire and you need flawless impulse control to avoid eating everyone you encounter."

"Can you make me grow up faster?"

"Nope."

"Someday can I be a vampire demon?"

"I remind you we don't know if it works on Elves. But you can ask again when you're grown up and my sister can check with precognition. Do you know what the turning process is like, though?"

"I read all the files! I really want to have all the kinds of magic."

"I understand. You just don't seem like the type to watch movies for seventy-two hours straight to be stronger and faster and also want to eat everyone you meet; it's hardly guaranteed you'd get witchcraft and Hex indestructibility is better."

"I'm gonna get that too."

"I don't think anyone will deter you on that one."

"Are you indestructible?"

"Not yet. There's a waiting list and I'm already pretty hard to hurt."

"Waiting is stupid. Has anyone tried wishing for more than six spells a day?"

"Yes; it had to wait for somebody who had a good backup wish in mind in case it didn't work. Which it didn't."

"That's not fair."

"It's certainly very frustrating."

And he pops home to go try more spell design. He does not say goodbye.

"I think all the Macalaurës are here, you could find ours and finally coordinate the concert that fundraiser's been trying to coax you into putting on together," Gem tells her wife. "Or if he doesn't want to do it one of his alts could impersonate him, that's probably just as good from the audience perspective."

"Shine's didn't murder anyone, and that's sort of tempting, but I guess the thing about alts is that it's different circumstances, not different people, and 'wasn't put in a situation where they'd murder people' is a silly criterion for who I'll hold a concert with -" Maglor?

He comes over. "Hey!"

"Hi! You know how people want you two to do a joint concert?"

"I can't think why, but yes, I'd heard."

"Why is because you're loosely conceptually associated, newish to the Earth musical scene, and really really good singers."

"What a bizarre standard. Were you planning to debut something new or just perform things Earth hasn't heard yet -"