#elsewhere

"It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you. We were down South, in Alabama--Bill Driscoll and myself-when this kidnapping idea struck us. It was, as Bill afterward expressed it, 'during a moment of temporary mental apparition'; but we didn't find that out till later." says a tiny voice, triumphant and a bit smug

Joyous refrains and a multitude of quotes. Glamouor flows and it feels.. nice. Soothing Aching brows

"Did it?"

And then.. yawns.. and the poor little dragonett falls asleep muttering lines from where the wild things are

Buddy reaches over, sniffs the dragonet thoroughly, then licks his head. Good!

"We did it?"

The little one sniffs happy, and the mother and father ,seeing the lick, turn upon their son's rescuers.. the father saying to Dagmar "Sweet Mercy is noblity's true badge"

"You did..." The liam says

"..okay.."

the mother licks connor on the brow even as he licks her son..and the saliva mingles itno his fur. then she goes forth, and licks at brow of Dagmar, and bids her mate do like wise

The cure for ignorance is travel, some say, and others say the best way to travel is by book! So it should not be a surprise that Bookwyrm Saliva is an excellence antidote for the toxins of ignorance and callousness nervousa! With the first licks, each Changeling remembers more and more of what was taken.

He sneezes, but his ears perk up!

"Oh... oh!"

"There we go.." the Liam smiles "Yes, she saved your son, as did her pooka friend"

A shiver. "Okay, didn't like that. I think the mouse book just got scarier."

"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Norman Schwarzkopf" the father says, and then sticks a tongue in her ear

A face at that particular sensation. "Hey..."

Connor gets another lick from the mother "A person's a person no matter how small"

Well, that was both gross and effective for Dagmar!

He yips - quietly though! It's a LIBERRY.

Blink. Blink-blink.

Yes.. the venom is undone. Dagmar knows all about house Liam that she knew before. She knows pooka are NOT all the same. She's aware that life is wonderfully complicated and that's okay

And Connor remembers where he buried his favorite BONE!

"Thank you."

"No," the father says "Thank you. You have returned our son to us . there was a hole in our hearts, and it is filled anew with joy returned. We name you friend of the library. Come visit Chief anytime. "

He circles three times and sits up with paws in the air.

"And you too" the mother laughs

"Glad he's home. And loved."

"We must go to our son now, and show him stories of Chivalrous knights" The father says "He is loved."

"So very loved." And the mother and her mate fly back

"Woof." He nods.

A smile at that.

Lord Azurecord, the Liam, treats them to a tour of the library, not just it's mundane aspects.

So many books! He makes mental notes to tell his Spooky Ghost friend all about them. She likes books.

Further more, the other Bookwyrms, seem to know just what books each likes! Joan Of Arc! and the Paksenarrion Series are shown to Dagmar .

Connor gets some truly hilarious books he didn't know existed to glance over. And ones with elements of happy famlies and the boys who find them

He casts occasional glances over at Dagmar, making sure that she's near.

Ooo!

Dagmar enjoys the tour, and occaisionally gives Buddy an ear-rumple of reassurance.

He catches Dagmar's eye, and leads her to look at a section - nonfiction?

Brow? But she follows his lead.

Authors starting in "S". Then, to names starting in "I". Lastly, he's heading towards the end of the alphabet...

SIT. He sits. Wait, that book is filed wrong! He woofs quietly at a nearby Wyrm to alert them!
SIV!

"Yes, we'll go check on Siv."

"The creepy subway hold goes to KC, and we can get to the Farm."

He looks unsure about the subway. But don't they have sandwiches? He'll go along for the ride.

"It'll be okay." A stop en-route at a fast food place - chicken nuggets & an apple pie.

And FRIES! while they're hot!

BLISS!

Hot fries!