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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[iamnotpolaris]

There are, as previously mentioned, squashy probably-footstools.

[campanas]

Pen prods one, deems it acceptable, and sits and reads.

[iamnotpolaris]

After a few hours, if Pen chooses to read that long, Emily says, "Papa found the person who left the door open to get you stuck here."

[campanas]

"Do they be get doors whenever wanting or if try few times or just random?" wonders Pen.

[iamnotpolaris]

"...Random, it seems, but usually at least one every few months."

[campanas]

"Well, next time getting a door should hold for waiting till I get there."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Yeah. He's going to see if he can find anyone else who gets doors, in case they get one sooner."

[campanas]

"Doors like Elspeth. But not much as Shell Bell, she doors whenever want because aura power. Somebody like them."

[iamnotpolaris]

"I wonder if we'd be able to tell who it is that likes them, if a telepath got within range of someone opening a door."

[campanas]

"Dunno," shrugs Pen. "Doors not always so much like same people forever, either."

[iamnotpolaris]

"People don't always like people the same forever," Emily says, shrugging carelessly. "I guess it doesn't really matter at this point, anyway. Not like there's anything we can do about it."

[campanas]

"Is not Bar who picking where doors and when doors," mentions Pen. "Bar does tasty things and napkins and does not doors, is not her."

[iamnotpolaris]

"...The bar is a person?"

[campanas]

"Yeah. Is nice. Give me cake. ...A while ago. Am hungry."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Oh, yeah, and it's almost dinnertime. Do you want to get snacks or something now, or wait a little and eat with everyone else?"

[campanas]

Pen kicks her footstool thoughtfully. "How long waiting?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"...Thirteen minutes?"

[campanas]

"Okay, waiting. What is dinner?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"...Mm...Brisket with mashed potatoes and gravy, string beans aaand lemon cake for dessert," she says thoughtfully. "Being best friends with a telepath can be so convenient sometimes, if I didn't have Edie ferrying me the information getting it would be a lot less convenient."

[campanas]

"Sounds nice," says Pen. She shelves her book.

[iamnotpolaris]

"I wasn't anywhere near as good at flying as you are when I was eight," Emily comments as they head in the direction of the dining hall.

[campanas]

"Well, having do it different," allows Pen. "Also not having big sisters for teach it."

[iamnotpolaris]

"Well, not big sisters, no...but Edie's dad has the same mutation as me, basically."

[campanas]

"He teach you flying?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Yep. And a lot of other stuff too. Magnetism is a skill-heavy kind of mutation."