"She's a real one, all right," he bent, lighting the little stove and putting water for the tea on. Junior simply nodded and watched the girl picking berries.

The conversation over tea was provided mostly by Junior and his father. They had their own views about the troubles in the Magic Kingdoms. In their minds magic was much too tricky for ruling a country, and perhaps they would all be better off without it. Gen especially had sympathy for the troubles of the royalty, but had no ...