does not anymore work

[campanas]

Here, in a place where she is quite an unexpected sight, is:

an eight year old girl with brown-flecked white wings, looking dismayed and lost.

with Prime (Aestrix)

with Edie and Emily (Maggie)

with Gloria (Maggie)

with Gren (Rockeye)

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[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Sure, I'd love to."

[campanas]

So Pen sings for her the harmony part for this song. The song is entirely in Samarian, which Gloria will have to learn by rote, but the song itself is not that hard.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Gloria will probably get a few words wrong the first few times through, but she picks up the song quickly.

[campanas]

And now they can harmonize together! This is the most fun part of singing.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

It is! And it does not interfere with baking.

[campanas]

Hooray!

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"What do those word mean?" Gloria asks when the song's over. "They're not in any language I recognize."

[campanas]

"Is Samarian song. Mostly knowing Samarian songs and Edori, not as many English."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Oh, right. It's a bit strange, that you're from another world and speak English, come to think of it. So what was the song about?"

[campanas]

"Is about Jovah bringing ancestors all to Samaria, in hands. Not really happen like so but makes good song."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Huh. Well, it definitely is a good song. Do you want to learn some songs in English while you're here?"

[campanas]

"Okay!"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"I think most of the sheet music I have is for religious songs..."

[campanas]

"Is okay. Singing those all times anyway."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"It's not a problem that our religions are different?" she checks.

[campanas]

"No-o? Maybe yours even right one, here, some worlds having gods."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Alright," she says, takes a moment to parse the rest of that sentence, and decides to address that later. If at all. "So the hymnal's over here...I think Amazing Grace would be a good place to start."

[campanas]

"Okay."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

So Gloria teaches Pen some hymns. She also remembers she has an internet, and googles sheet music for some more modern songs she likes.

[campanas]

Pen is used to different conventions of sheet music, but she figures out this version reasonably well in short order.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

It helps, presumably if Gloria sings along with the notes on the page.

[campanas]

Yes, Pen is also pretty good at learning things by ear.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Then they can sing various songs in English, religious and non-.

[campanas]

...And eat cake, right?

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Once it's out of the oven it needs to cool down for a while and then be frosted, but eventually, yes. Of course, only Pen will actually eat cake, although Gloria can sneak tastes of frosting if she's sure to let it dissolve very thoroughly before swallowing.