She tilted her head in interest as he brainstormed his candidates, hardly about to rule anyone out if Mr. Fisk was miraculously willing to help her despite owing her nothing. Indeed, if anyone owed anything, she suspected it was her to him, given the lake.
But he fell upon the primary flaw himself; she clicked her beak in annoyance. “Yes,” she said. “When the healers couldn’t make head or tail of it. I imagine it’s in the hands of the Ministry by now.” Perhaps it would be with the Department of Mysteries for the next hundred years, until it had, possibly, given up its mysteries. Who knew.
And willing as Mr. Fisk seemed, Phyri couldn’t expect him to work a miracle. “I have the sketches of it though, if that’s any use.” They’d let her have that much. Not that any amount of poring over the swirling pattern had made her any less wren-like. “And on the upside, I don’t think the drawings alone can turn anyone else into birds, at least,” she added wryly.
But he fell upon the primary flaw himself; she clicked her beak in annoyance. “Yes,” she said. “When the healers couldn’t make head or tail of it. I imagine it’s in the hands of the Ministry by now.” Perhaps it would be with the Department of Mysteries for the next hundred years, until it had, possibly, given up its mysteries. Who knew.
And willing as Mr. Fisk seemed, Phyri couldn’t expect him to work a miracle. “I have the sketches of it though, if that’s any use.” They’d let her have that much. Not that any amount of poring over the swirling pattern had made her any less wren-like. “And on the upside, I don’t think the drawings alone can turn anyone else into birds, at least,” she added wryly.
a sublime set by Lady! <3