"News to me too," says Niari. "God, what a mess. I'll - see if I can get Swan's trial date moved up -" She goes back to her office.

He goes home. 

Two days later there are soul Elves in Ganymede again.

Hi. You okay?

I hated being dead it was so lonely. Hug. Hug hug hug. Timothy says he's sorry.

Hug. Does he still have a Yeerk in him -?

Yeah otherwise he'd come himself. There aren't exactly volunteers to have a Yeerk and the Yeerk really likes having Timothy I think.

Hug. ...it's okay? I mean. It's not. But it's not like if it were a you. 

It bothers me anyway.

When are they going to get everything sorted out and send you home -

I get an expedited trial tomorrow and that should do it.

Oh good. Squeeze. I'm sorry we weren't here sooner.

Everybody went as fast as they could, I think.

And Mingling curls up next to Cam and sings until the trial.

Singing is nice.

Cam is tried briefly. Niari testifies. He is released back to the parole arrangement he had with the Elves.

After the hearing the indestructibility evaporates; before that happens an Elf with a husband and two children comes up to him, suggests he draw a circle before he kills himself, explains why. 

He agrees. He does that.

He doesn't actually get anything at all out of being a fairy, he likes his hooves firmly on the ground and had always felt in control of the radius of space his tail could reach, but indestructibility is nice. He likes indestructibility. He is directed towards a large quiet field of grass somewhere and he goes there and paces and reads the book of names. 

New Bell eventually calms down enough to do the same thing. She's a demon.

He can recommend a med school curriculum. 

And he can go get Miranda out of Hazel.

Stunned.

"Enervate."

"- what happened?"

"New Bell was being controlled by a Yeerk and they got almost everybody but then Cam warned the Valar and they fixed it mostly."

"- did - I was unconscious did they -"

"Yeah. It's gone now they're all arrested now except Timothy's -"