Jo was back, and Zelda was happy to be seeing her, although she was exhausted and probably ought to have gone to sleep. She had a pint of beer in front of her and had ordered a soup from the bartender in an attempt to bolster her system, but was otherwise utterly slumped in the booth when Jo slid in across from her.

"I'm trying to break a curse," she explained, "And it turns out that some curses are hard. Y'know?"

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