"We will probably do that, thank you. Also scrying and healing."

"Those things are objectively super valuable and we would be happy to pay you for them, but if you just advertise in the paper or whatever you will get a pittance. Let us talk to our government buddies and see what they're willing to offer for it, at least?"

"That sounds great, thank you."

"Cool." Alex can you talk to your government friends or whoever about how to make good use of generalized healing spells? And I guess how much to pay these guys for the service.

Yeah, I'll talk with them. I guess we don't want them just breaking the masquerade and opening up a scrying and magic healing store that quickly gets a reputation for actually working.

I mean, I dunno that it's the wrong call? But your government friends said no on that, right, so I feel. like we should give them a heads up first. And this does seem like a kind of volatile way to break it, even if I'm sure the hellmouth and the - whatever makes it hard for people to process the supernatural would dampen the effect somewhat. It's not like there isn't a magic shop in town already.

I'm sure the Defense Department can pay to keep them quiet and occupied. And we can get another scry done in the meantime. Your dad?

I'm guessing Azalea wants her husband, actually.

Ah. 

Possibly it's insensitive to not do Dad too? But it's like - we couldn't actually do anything for him, you know? At least I don't think so. Maybe if I looked at the spell lists more.

Gotta figure out how, someday, to have the world not be like this. But - not short term, yeah.

Yeah.

You guys almost here?

Yeah. Waited until sundown so Angel could come too.

Ah, makes sense.

They talk among themselves about getting a house here. 

"No."

"Who could have guessed that you of all people would say that. - I think that I should probably set up a temple here."

"That doesn't seem very necessary."

"They haven't heard of Abadar, and I can change that, and so I ought to."

" - you technically can just open a temple but I'm not sure you'd get very many people interested. I guess I can sympathize with the impulse."

"If Abadar thinks it's important for it to get a lot of interest right away then he'll presumably give me some flashy spells for that purpose and if he doesn't then they'll gradually come for the loans and the healing."

"I think you cannot give out loans without a lot of permits. I am not sure what the legal limitations on magical healing are but several churches claim to do it and people around here mostly don't believe them. - actually that might not be true in this town specifically but in general California is a moderately godless place."

"Only the white people."

" - whatever. You can try it if you want. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, so I guess neither will I."

"I don't think it's my core skillset but it seems like people here are going to Hell and the afterlife for followers of Abadar is a good one."