québécois

[her_imperial_radiance]

The Golden Coven stays in Québec for one year.

When Harley is eight and a half, they start packing.

Zeus is inconsolable.

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[alicornucopia]

"I could try it," allows Zeus. "If it's fun."

[pythbox]

"So fun," Harley promises. "I love making stuff with Aedyt!"

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt appears.

"Will anyone object if I scoop you up and take you to my asteroid?" she inquires.

[alicornucopia]

"I should tell my mom and dad," says Zeus, and he runs into his house. He's back out a minute later. "Okay!"

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt does not physically scoop up the kiddies, but she does take them to her asteroid. They arrive in a large, well-lit room full of stuff. Beads and string, fabric and sewing machines, stained glass, carved wood, pottery - if you can make it, or make something with it, it's probably here.

"Welcome to my underground lair! By which I mean my basement," laughs Aedyt.

[alicornucopia]

"There is a lot of stuff here," says Zeus, eyes big as saucers.

[pumpkin_pie]

"There is! I like stuff. Do you like stuff?"

[alicornucopia]

"I like stuff! I don't like the fabric store but just fabric is okay." Zeus pets some fabric.

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt laughs. "What don't you like about the fabric store?"

[alicornucopia]

"It's full of weird people."

[pythbox]

"What kind of weird?" says Harley.

[alicornucopia]

"People who sew," says Zeus. "I don't sew, so they talk about sewing a lot, and they think I should sew, and I'm only ever there because of Mom, and I guess if I sewed it'd be okay."

[pythbox]

"I like sewing!" says Harley. "It's fun!"

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt ruffles Harley's hair.

[alicornucopia]

"What's fun about it?" Zeus wants to know.

[pythbox]

"Dunno," he shrugs. "It just is!"

[alicornucopia]

"Well, I can try it," shrugs Zeus.

[pythbox]

"Yay!"

[pumpkin_pie]

So Aedyt sets them both up with conjured reference material and appropriate fabric and so forth, and she shows Zeus how to sew. (Harley already knows.)

[alicornucopia]

Zeus keeps pricking his fingers and he makes impatient childish stitches, but he does not give up.

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt is very encouraging! And she has plenty of coins with which to heal small ouches.

[alicornucopia]

Sewing sewing sewing. Zeus accidentally sews one of his sleeves to his project.

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt giggles. And then she fixes it.

[alicornucopia]

"Thanks," says Zeus sheepishly.

His results are absolutely, unwearably terrible, but this seems okay with him, given how much magic is available to repair the problem.

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt is good at fixing things!

She makes little adjustments to Zeus's costume, and soon it is much more Robin Hood.