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Their Isabella having just gone to welcome a new Bell into the peal, Kas and Petaal snuggle up together and take a nap. They'll want to be well rested for the party.
When they wake up, she still isn't back.
[Jane?]
No response.
Kas teleports down to the Janepoint, Petaal wrapped snake-shaped around his shoulders.
The display reads: error 7788: lycanthropy
"...So that's new," he says.
"No shit," says Petaal. "Now what?"
He shrugs. She coils tighter.
"Hang around and wait, I guess."
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[...I think I accidentally gave you a granddaughter,] he says. [It's - kind of complicated.]
[...It sounds that way.]
[I can do that. Where?]
[I can be there tomorrow afternoon.]
[Where should I find you?]
[All right.]
Ranata cruises into the city and finds the hotel the next afternoon, as promised.
Ranata lands, strides into the lobby, looks at Kas, looks at the baby, and says, "I don't understand."
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"Me neither," says Kas, getting up. "You wanna come upstairs? I've got something to show you that... will probably just confuse you more."
Ranata doesn't look happy about being as confused as she is, but she shrugs and nods.
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Kas brings Ranata and the baby up to his hotel room.
He closes the door.
He switches sex.
"I've got a lot more weird magic stuff going on than just immortality," he says, cuddling the baby.
He closes the door.
He switches sex.
"I've got a lot more weird magic stuff going on than just immortality," he says, cuddling the baby.
Ranata turns her head, looks at him out of the corner of her eye.
"What did she do with you before she left?" she murmurs.
"What did she do with you before she left?" she murmurs.
"Yes - but - I knew she was working on some astonishing spells, but -"
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"Okay, well," he says, "this is my daughter. I made her by myself. I wasn't expecting her to be... anyone else's in particular. But I think she's a witch, and I've only ever been with one witch. So - I don't know - is there some way you could check...?"
"How old is she?" Ranata asks.
"Then there's still time for me to put a birth blessing on her and see if it sticks, but I don't have all the materials I'd need..."