"Interesting," says Brilliance, snuggling Sue.

"Makes sense," says Celo. "Who's picked it up so far? Me - I've got my field. Sue's got a daemon. Brilliance is magic as fuck and has his disembodied pain thing going on. Ghosty's Ghosty. Harley's the odd one out, but he had all that thwarted fate going for him."

"The thwarted fate was definitely working overtime. It saved up something very, very special for the only Joker with an adequate childhood."

Celo laughs.

"Anyway. So that's that." She goes back down the stairs.

"You'll tell us what our auras do once we have them, right?" Etty asks her.

"Sure. Let's all go to Chronicle. Jane?"

Pop!

Because hug is a fine reason. "Where do we go?"

"Any free guest room is fine. Jarvis can tell you the way to one," says Glass.

Jarvis is happy to give directions!

Etty is happy to follow them. And happy to flop onto the guest bed with Nona. "Ready?"

"Yeah," says Nona, snuggling up.

"Let me know if I should ease off or step up," says Etty, nuzzling the side of Nona's neck, and she commences pouring enchantment power into the forest.

"Mmm, that's nice," she says dreamily. "You could go more if you wanted."

Etty goes more, accordingly.

Nona smiles and cuddles her. And wriggles a bit.

Channel-channel-channel. "Your mindscape's the orchard," she murmurs. "If you didn't already check."

"I like that orchard."

"Mine's the lake."

"Do you like it?"

"It's a perfectly nice lake. And it's only like the real one on the surface. The water's clearer and deeper in my head."

Snuggle, snuggle. Channel, channel.