severe discomfort

[alicornucopia]

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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[prima_sequentem]

Her communication crystal from the miracle contingent chimes.

[alicornucopia]

She picks it up with her non-writing hand. "Hello?"

[prima_sequentem]

"Hello," says Libby. "Lazarus has found a way to stop dragons from dying of old age, but none of our current sizes of coin can pull it off. Do you want to try making a bigger one?"

[alicornucopia]

"...I can. Right now?" Write write, press crystal to ear with shoulder to free hand, fold envelope address fling into the air watch it vanish.

[prima_sequentem]

"Well, soonish. He has temporary measures in place to stop any dragons dying of old age while we look for bigger coins, but he's not sure exactly when the temporary measures will wear off."

[alicornucopia]

"I'm disastrously busy today but that's not likely to change for the next month. I'm between immediate tasks at the moment. What's your guess as to what it will take to add a button to my device?"

[prima_sequentem]

"I'd expect a five to be able to do it; I'd be surprised if a four could."

[alicornucopia]

Jensal makes a five. She wishes on it. Her device expands.

"Here goes."

She pokes the new button.

She makes a nine.

"Will," she says after a moment, "one of these do?"

[prima_sequentem]

"Lazarus specified that if it can be done at all, it will be done in a single wish. So if you successfully made one, you can transfer the coin to his storage and we'll find out if it works."

[alicornucopia]

"Right then."

Jensal passes it along.

[prima_sequentem]

"Thanks. I'll leave you be." Libby deactivates the crystal.

[nonbird]

Lazarus teleports in front of her a few ticks later and says "It worked!" and beams and vanishes to go miracle more shrens.

[prima_sequentem]

She calls the dragon council - Piro answers - and she reports that Lazarus has solved death by old age.

[alicornucopia]

And the dragon council passes on this information.

And when it has filtered down far enough, Alys calls Avar again.

[on_my_word]

"Hello, Alys."

[alicornucopia]

"Hello, Avar. More council news. The miracle-workers have reportedly solved death by old age, in the dragon case."

[on_my_word]

"...In the... I suppose you wouldn't know," Avar sighs. "Whether or not the dragon case... extends to outliers."

[alicornucopia]

"I'm afraid my representative didn't know. Do you want me to ask her to call the miracle workers about it?"

[on_my_word]

"Thank you, but you don't need to go to the trouble. The miracle workers have been by and I think one of them left a communication crystal, because of - Mial."

And failing all else he can always contact his representative with the question. No, that would be petty. Fully deserved, but petty.

[alicornucopia]

"Do you have it or does he? He's in the living room playing board games with Aurin."

[on_my_word]

"Finnah, actually."

[alicornucopia]

"Ah, I see. Well, that's all the news I have at the moment."

[on_my_word]

"Thank you, I appreciate it."

[alicornucopia]

"You're welcome."

She hangs up.

[on_my_word]

Avar goes looking for Finnah, who should probably know this information.