"Well, food for thought.—and I should probably go exchange my NZ dollars, at some point, shouldn't I."

"Only if you want to exchange them for goods and services."

"Still not a witch, 'm afraid it's a hazard."

"There's a bank a few blocks east of here but I don't know if random banks do currency exchange."

"I don't think random ones do except maybe here they do, I hadn't been to the US before so I can just guess." Shrug.

"They'd probably at least know where."

"Mmhm."

"We did not expect to be back to civilisation quite this soon. Should we find a library with an alethiometer dictionary?"

"Sure, why not. North Branch has one, turn left at the bank and they're at fifty-third."

"Useful! Wanna come with or nah?"

"Yeah, okay."

"Alright, awesome. You'll probably want to get dressed, though."

"Yes, yes, give me a minute." She goes and comes back still tying knots in silk.

"Lead the way."

She hops on her cloudpine and drifts out the door and down the street at a leisurely pace.

He follows her. "That's much more stylish than walking, gotta say."

"It's kind of frustrating to go slow, but I'm way less likely to trip."

"You can zoom around and wait for me at the end if you want, although Luca might want to race you."

"Hmpf," says the falcon flying in circles only slightly overhead.

"Sure."

Zoom!

.......he tries to resist the urge. He really does.

He succumbs, though, and tries to catch up with her.

He loses. Maybe it's the head start.

She's hovering outside the library.

He lands in front of her. "It was the head start," he claims, picking at his feathers with his beak.

"If you say so!"

"I'll tell Sadde where to meet us," he says, then takes off again, flying extremely quickly. Maybe something to prove.