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lengthening of days to be perceptible yet, and the shortness of the daylight hours was depressing. But at
least the holidays were over. Kit could hardly remember a year when heтАЩd been less interested in them.
For his own familyтАЩs sake, heтАЩd done his best to act as if he was, but his heart hadnтАЩt been in the
celebrations, or the presents. He hadnтАЩt been able to stop thinking about the one present Nita most
desperately wanted, one that not even the Powers That Be could give her.

Kit sighed and looked down the street. Ponch was down there near curbside in the rapidly falling dark,
saluting one of the neighborтАЩs trees. тАЬBack this way, please?тАЭ he said, and waited until Ponch was
finished and came galloping back up the street toward him.

Kit made his way into the backyard again, with Ponch bouncing along beside him, wagging his tail.
тАЬWhere did the тАШmeaning of lifeтАЩ thing come from all of a sudden?тАЭ Kit said.

I heard you ask about it, Ponch said.

The question had, indeed, come up once or twice recently in the course of business, around the time
Ponch started talking regularly. тАЬSo?тАЭ Kit said, as they made their way past the beat-up birdbath into the
tangle of sassafras at the back of the yard, where they were out of sight of the houses on either side.
тАЬCome to any conclusions?тАЭ

Just that your mamaтАЩs easy to shake down for dog biscuits.

Kit grinned. тАЬYou didnтАЩt need to start talking to her to find that out,тАЭ he said. He reached into his pocket,
felt around for the тАЬzipperтАЭ in it that facilitated access to the alternate space where he kept some of his
spells ready, and pulled one outтАФa long chain of strung-together words in the Speech that glowed a very
faint blue in the swiftly falling darkness. тАЬIтАЩd keep it in the family, though,тАЭ Kit said to Ponch. тАЬDonтАЩt
start asking strangers complicated philosophical questionsтАж ItтАЩll confuse them.тАЭ


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It may be too late, Ponch said.

Kit wondered what that was supposed to mean, then shrugged. He dropped the spell-chain to the ground
around them in a circle. The transit wizardry knotted itself together at the ends in the figure-eight
wizardтАЩs knot, and from it a brief shimmering curtain of light went up and blanked the night away as
displaced air went thump! and KitтАЩs ears popped. A moment later he and Ponch were standing together
in TomтАЩs backyard, behind the high privet hedge blocking the view from TomтАЩs neighborsтАЩ houses.
Across the patio, lights were on in the house, and banging noises were coming from the kitchen.

Kit and Ponch made their way past the stucco koi pond toward the sliding porch doors, Ponch shaking
his head emphatically. тАЬAre your ears bothering you?тАЭ Kit said, as the sound of barking came from
further inside the house.

Only lately, Ponch said.

тАЬSorry. IтАЩll have a look at the spell later.тАЭ Kit pushed the patio door to one side and went into TomтАЩs
dining room. That space flowed into the living room area, where TomтАЩs desk sat in a corner, past the
sofas and the entertainment center. But at the moment all the action was in the kitchen, off to the left,