i bought some postcards

[truthwright]

Kas is sadder, after Inkeri's prophecy. And it gets worse as time goes on. The closer they get to Isabella's return, the more it hurts.

He tries to do the best he can for Helen regardless. Helen, in turn, hugs him a lot and doesn't fuss when he cries on her. They make a good team that way.

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[subastra]

"So you don't do it a lot?"

[carillons]

"No matter how many cakes I bake in the wilderness, there is still a whole planet full of people out there who don't do that at all."

[subastra]

"I guess that's true," laughs Shura.

[carillons]

"So I think my unusual cake is safe."

[subastra]

"Yes, probably."

[carillons]

She laughs.

[subastra]

"Unless a bunch of other people copy your idea. Where do you even get cake ingredients in the wilderness?"

[carillons]

"Oh, Kas brings them," she says.

[subastra]

"I guess that makes sense. I was imagining making acorn flour and maple sugar from random wild trees."

[carillons]

"Maybe I'll try that next time."

[subastra]

"It sounds like a lot of work and probably the cake wouldn't be that good."

[carillons]

Helen laughs.

"But it might be fun!"

[subastra]

"You have a funny idea of fun."

[carillons]

"Yes I do," says Helen.

[subastra]

"But at least you also like regular things like flying."

[carillons]

"That's true, I do!" says Helen. "Wanna fly?"

[subastra]

"Yeah!"

[carillons]

So they do that.

[alicornucopia]

Inkeri still doesn't initiate conversations much, but she tends to lurk around Helen, since the prophecy.

Lurk, lurk, lurk.

[carillons]

"You are lurking," Helen informs her, and smiles. "Think any interesting thoughts lately?"

[alicornucopia]

"I have been thinking about geography," says Inkeri.

[carillons]

"Ooh. What about it?"

[alicornucopia]

"I have been wondering if anything interesting with spells that deal in cardinal directions happens if you try to cast them near the poles."

[carillons]

"Good question!" says Helen. "If you were at the north pole, would you be at the northiest north because there wasn't any more north to go to, or the southiest south because it's south any way you point, or both? And would the magnetic poles do the same thing or is it the geographic ones that are important? What if you were on the moon?"

[alicornucopia]

"I don't know at all," says Inkeri.