The assembled families were a sight to behold. Save for when I was standing directly beneath one of the trees, I had never seen so much magic in one place. Familiars were everywhere. Some floated in little spheres of water, others curled up in their witches' laps, while still more perched in the rafters of the newly-constructed amphitheater. There were reptiles and insects, rodents and fish, birds and cats. Olezhka wasn't the biggest Familiar in the room--that honor belonged to a massive ...