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Jensal has a lot of work to do. Her house is going to collapse; nobody had better be inside when it does. She is briskly bundling adult miracles into groups who have at least one decent job between them, she is writing to agencies that handle adoption for the ultimate disposition of kids who don't get picked up because she's reasonably sure that they will not all get picked up, and when parents do drop by to collect their little ones she is signing papers for every set of them with slightly gritted teeth. Lots to do. Her hand is cramping from paperwork and she doesn't care.
nonbird
"Having a line name and no personal name sounds like a weird unnatural case that would never ordinarily come up and I'm wary of those, so yes," he says, "the magic won't name you until you have decided on all four syllables."
"I want my papa and my sister and brothers and all of the people they would be annoyed at having to be alive without," says the blue opal girl.
nonbird
"...Okay," says Lazarus. "I have no idea if miracle magic can do this, but it should not be very difficult to check... um. But I will need you to give me exact lists of people you want to try resurrecting, and I might only be able to do them one at a time so I need to know who you would want first."
nonbird
"Um... if they died of old age and I bring them back just as they were when they died that sounds like a recipe for terrible failure," says Lazarus, "so maybe what age do you think they would like to be brought back as, and if you don't have a good guess then I will just try to pick something reasonable."
nonbird
"Okay," he says. "I will try that then."
He tries that. Three four five six seven eight—
Linnde Adenn, human blue opal thudia, appears standing in front of Sashpark. She is physically about thirty years old, but remembers her entire life including from when she was older than that.
He tries that. Three four five six seven eight—
Linnde Adenn, human blue opal thudia, appears standing in front of Sashpark. She is physically about thirty years old, but remembers her entire life including from when she was older than that.
And then she has a snake on her.
"SNAKE," says Linnde.
"LINNDE," says Sashpark. "...Sorry." She shapeshifts. Now Linnde has a human on her.
"...Sashpark?" guesses Linnde.
"Yeah!"
"Where's - where are -"
"We're in Esmaar at the miracle worker's house!"
"SNAKE," says Linnde.
"LINNDE," says Sashpark. "...Sorry." She shapeshifts. Now Linnde has a human on her.
"...Sashpark?" guesses Linnde.
"Yeah!"
"Where's - where are -"
"We're in Esmaar at the miracle worker's house!"
shrennaki
"While I'm thinking about it, your terminology for miracle units is very stupid," says Mial. "They have shapes. Call them by their shapes. Triangle square pentagon hexagon star cube-star arrow-star, and now never again will anyone have to wonder why the first size of miracle is called a three."
"Miracles have shapes?" says Sashpark.
"Did I die, how old are you, oh look how tall you are -"
"I'm a hundred and fifty three!"
"Is - is it only -"
"They should be able to do more! A whole list!"
"How is...?"
"Miracles," shrugs Sashpark.
"That's not an answer!"
"Did I die, how old are you, oh look how tall you are -"
"I'm a hundred and fifty three!"
"Is - is it only -"
"They should be able to do more! A whole list!"
"How is...?"
"Miracles," shrugs Sashpark.
"That's not an answer!"
shrennaki
"It's pretty much a complete answer unless you're really interested in the technicalities of a kind of magic that comes from another world and that you can't use," says Mial. "Units of miracle magic come in fixed sizes with associated shapes, yes. And it takes the same size of miracle to resurrect a dead person as it does to miracle a shren, which is to say, big. But I have plenty of them around and I can get more. Who else do you want?"
"Papa - Sinnderel Adenn - and Vernn and Elernin and Linnde's husband and -"
"Sashpark. Dad remarried."
"...Ye-e-es..."
"We need to talk to him and Izaln - Is there some way we can come back about Papa later, or is this a one-time thing -?" says Linnde.
"Papa shouldn't have to stay dead just because Dad remarried," objects Sashpark.
"If nothing else to warn them, to work out what to say, unless Dad has somehow gotten better at dealing with drama...?"
"Ugh. Fine."
"Sashpark. Dad remarried."
"...Ye-e-es..."
"We need to talk to him and Izaln - Is there some way we can come back about Papa later, or is this a one-time thing -?" says Linnde.
"Papa shouldn't have to stay dead just because Dad remarried," objects Sashpark.
"If nothing else to warn them, to work out what to say, unless Dad has somehow gotten better at dealing with drama...?"
"Ugh. Fine."
shrennaki
"Yes, you can absolutely come back later," says Mial. "Grandfather! I bet you can guess what I'm about to say!"
adapt-again
"I guess that it begins 'Piro, make yourself useful' and ends with you asking me to inform the dragon council that you can resurrect the dead," says Piro.
"So, not Papa, today, but my husband Arin, and Vernn and Elernin and their wives and - Sashpark, are our -?"
"And all of their kids and one of your grandkids," says Sashpark solemnly, and she produces names.
Linnde swallows and nods.
"And all of their kids and one of your grandkids," says Sashpark solemnly, and she produces names.
Linnde swallows and nods.
shrennaki
Mial resurrects all named persons, at about-thirty-equivalent-or-the-age-they-
And there is a flurry of confused reunion!
And some of these people do not know how to turn into anything winged, and do not know how they are going to get home, and someone points out that they are not by and large going to find their actual homes unoccupied and will be crowding their kids and grandkids. It looks like it is going to be a logistically complicated day for the Sinnderel family.
And some of these people do not know how to turn into anything winged, and do not know how they are going to get home, and someone points out that they are not by and large going to find their actual homes unoccupied and will be crowding their kids and grandkids. It looks like it is going to be a logistically complicated day for the Sinnderel family.
shrennaki
"I can just make you all able to miraculously teleport and that will solve at least one of your problems," sighs Mial. "Miraculous teleportation is very convenient."
shrennaki
"There, done, you use it by deciding to teleport somewhere, you do not have to have been there as long as you can specify it uniquely, arbitrary number of passengers no physical contact required," he rattles off.