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Jensal has a lot of work to do. Her house is going to collapse; nobody had better be inside when it does. She is briskly bundling adult miracles into groups who have at least one decent job between them, she is writing to agencies that handle adoption for the ultimate disposition of kids who don't get picked up because she's reasonably sure that they will not all get picked up, and when parents do drop by to collect their little ones she is signing papers for every set of them with slightly gritted teeth. Lots to do. Her hand is cramping from paperwork and she doesn't care.
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"I might not have realized so soon if the note-taker hadn't told me I kept being proud every time I saw the words 'shren alyemi'."
Despite herself, Finnah snickers.
"Miracle Lady Libby whisked him off to offer him a job."
Finnah is no longer at all sure how she feels about this matter. She's sort of tempted to go call Aurin, but doesn't want to leave the room right at this dramatic juncture.
Finnah edges up a few stairs when Piro comes in. She is thinking about envelopes with Larotian flags on them. She is thinking about her dad, who she doesn't even know what he looks like.
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Piro glances at Finnah again. And blinks when he puts together her age and colour group. Oh, that's who that is...
Which of course reminds him about Koridaar. Because who else would have insisted they keep in touch.
"Is, ah... Mial's mother..."
Which of course reminds him about Koridaar. Because who else would have insisted they keep in touch.
"Is, ah... Mial's mother..."
"I could get her."
Finnah stands and goes up the stairs and looks for Koridaar.
greatcomposure
Koridaar is in her office, with the door open, organizing some notes.
"Your father in law's here."
"He said, 'shrennaki', which, I don't know if the full impact is... available? But it's like 'siaddaki' except."
"...He has spontaneously turned into a completely different person?" suggests Finnah. "Who is willing to say 'fuck yeah, shren, awesome, woo'?"
greatcomposure
"Perhaps he will explain himself, if I ask him."
She puts down her notes.
She puts down her notes.
Finnah goes back down the stairs and sits on the sofa and tucks her feet under herself.
greatcomposure
Koridaar descends the stairs. She folds her arms. She looks at Piro.
"Why the sudden change of heart?"
"Why the sudden change of heart?"
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"...I'm not sure you'll understand... but I can try to explain," he says. "Word reached me that there was a remaining shren, that it was Mial, that he had turned down the miracle and invented Reform Draconic. I tried to conceive of why anyone would do either of those things, and - you definitely won't understand what it is like to think the word 'shrennaki' for the first time. Wrenching, to put it mildly. But it gave me an indirect sense of... what sort of person my grandson must be."