empty stageShe’s magic! She’s angsty! She’s exited, stage left!

Okay, now we have a pretty good general idea of Miranda’s Deal. And she’s pulled a strategic retreat, at least for now. Possibly freeing me up to go explore one of the other 3-5 shadowy ominous figures who’ve been lurking in the background of the plot…


Bianca: Change back to dog form. I’ll deal with –

— They’re gone!

Patrick: That sigil she used . . .

I haven’t seen a human call it successfully in hundreds . . . maybe thousands of years. She can’t have just learned it. She must have been practicing while I knew her.

If I never noticed . . . What else about Mandy have I missed?