You mean other magic than my bewitching wit and winning personality, probably. There may have been some payment involved, I got front row center to him being an absolute menace to society.

[She shrugged in jest, finding the humor in this kind of talk. It felt nostalgic, and never the kind she would take for granted.]

Shadowheart.

[A brief pause. That was a real name.]

How Lovecraftian. I like it.

[A beat.]

I'm Daria.