Kalavar turns into a series of different brightly coloured dragons.

Kas giggles at her.



A week later, the visit draws to a close; Kas collects his daughter and wanders away. He's back in two months, at Ranata's prompting. He decides that the month Helen spends with the witches every year should be August, since so many witchy things seem to depend on birthdays.

He gets back in the habit of burning postcards. Most of them are about Helen, one way or another.