I barely had time to formulate exactly what my son had said when the ribbons stirred from their nap and rose into the air. I'd never seen them so relaxed, winding around the kids, though when they spotted me the drach souls returned to their typical rapturous gyrations. I held still as they headed for me, wrapping around me, the song of their spirits humming over my skin.

Ethie giggled and clapped at the show, Gabriel ...