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Dear self,

Children are exhausting to deal with. We took Tori to stay with the Whirlstorms for the night and maybe a day or so more. Aerzen was only too happy to babysit for Mum. Aerzen Whirlstorm is a man you should always take on his word. You should only ever doubt him at your own peril. I remember when Erhin and I were younger how Aerzen would be the first to notice us looking for mischief near the town, and if we got him to promise he would never tell anyone what we were up to, but he’d foil us in the most mundane ways by just moving some objects around or giving someone the right advice at the right time.

His children were certainly the most well behaved in town. Seeing other children being so very polite actually drew Tori i to being more well behaved as well. The teetotum was working mostly as expected, but seemed to flop down on its side for no reason. I think it’s something about how it tries to follow certain people around. It has seven sides divided by seven spokes along its length. Every time it landed a different spoke would be turned upwards to display the glyph carved along the edge. Objects with an odd number of sides can’t land with a face turned upwards, so the local design for teetotums is pretty odd for being based on seven edges rather than the seven sides. Glyphs that aren’t carved upon a proper face are a lot more popular than the edge glyphs, so it a local custom that surprises travelers. It almost felt like every time the little toy fell in my direction it would display “Judgement”.

I was stuck with the kids while Mum talked with Aerzen about stuff. Erelise was apparently jealous of Lalen for having an enchantment that gave him a light cantrip, and talked about he shouldn’t gloat as much about it when he doesn’t even have a second form yet like they did. That sound a little more petulant than how she said it, but it definitely sounds like pony boy is showing off more than he should. Honestly, I’ll just end up laughing if he transforms into a pony randomly after using up the amulet.

It was hard to go to sleep after infusing the evasion cloak formation again. There are strange creening sounds coming through my window that seem to stick in my mind. I’m uncertain as to what could produce such an odd noise, but it’s keeping me awake longer than it should.

Hope we fare well.

Regards,

Me.

~*M*~