"Oh, that bitch."

"Has she tried this before?"

"No, this is new, but I knew her when I was alive."

"Do you know why she'd do this?"

"Because she's a vindictive bitch who can't just let me be dead? Whose bright idea was it to tell live people what happens to dead ones, anyway?"

"Some people miss their loved ones. I'm sorry it got you in trouble, I'll go talk to her."

"Good luck, it's like talking to a wall."

He flies on over, finds the house, knocks.

A younger woman answers. "Hi?"

"Hi, I'm looking for, uh," he shows the model, "Is she in?"

"...Mom? Uh, I think she went shopping, why?"

"Someone wrote me from Fairyland worried about his friend, who took a summons four days ago and hasn't come home. I looked him up, and it looks like your mom summoned him and stranded him in the middle of a field out thataway. I wanted to talk to her before I filed a police report."

"That's weird... why would she do that?"

"No idea. Possible she wanted to catch up and he never showed and then didn't realize the circle was still live?"

"I guess. Who's your summoner?"

"My brother. He knows he's breaking escort laws he's just really busy right now."

"Oh yeah that's fine it's just I thought it might be Don King and woulda wanted to warn you. Do you wanna come in?"

"Sure. Can I get you anything? And who's Don King?"

"Guy up the street, summons daeva, pays 'em in advance, then he's a dick about sending 'em home. Mom just went shopping, she'll probably get all the stuff we don't get delivered. Maybe some seeds for my garden?"

"Sure thing what kinds? Why does he do that?"

"I dunno, he's an asshole." She pulls up a seed catalog on her computer and names some things.

"Not letting your daeva go home is a good way to get hurt if you ever make a mistake." Seeds.

She puts seeds where seeds go. "Thanks."

And he waits for her mom to get home.

The mom comes home with the shopping. "Who's your friend, Candace?"

"Didn't mention his name, he's looking for you."