2023

GRACE:
Quinn, you’re back - and it’s about time too! I’ve been
waiting forever for you to get here, yes I  have.

ALESS:
She’s b-been asking about you all d-d-day,
like she c-c-ouldn’t wait to see you.

QUINN:
I didnae think you’d miss me so Gr-dace. Now
about Io - he’s stayin’ with me dad, for now. 

GRACE
I already knew that, silly  - yes I did. Io asked me 

if he could stay there longer and I told him yes.
So, where’s my present?

ALESS:
Wh-what makes you think you’re g-g-getting a present?

GRACE:
Io told me, in his last letter. He said Quinn
has something very special for me, from him …

GRACE:
… So Quinn, hand it over please?

ALESS:
N-n-now you’re just b-being a br-brat.

GRACE:
I am not. I said please, yes I did.

QUINN:
Io did give me somethin' to give tah ya.
Let me sort this out eh.  

GRACE:
Oh this is so exciting - yes it is. I just love presents,
don’t you? I can’t wait to see what it is.

QUINN:
Aye - right, here ya go.

ALESS:
Wh-what is it, Quinn?

QUINN: 

He didnae tell me.

GRACE:
Oh look, it’s a wand - a magic wand!

QUINN:

Aw no, he dinnae go ’n give her a  magic wand.

No way! That’d be cr-dazy.

ALESS:
Grace, c-c-can I see that, please?

GRACE:
Only if you promise to give it right back.

ALESS:
I pr-promise.

ALESS:

whispers an incantation.

ALESS:
Gr-grace, it’s all yours.

GRACE:
Thank you. Oh, I’m so excited, yes I am. My very own
magic wand - and it’s so pretty too. First I’ll show
it to Wysh. Won’t she be surprised to see this!

GRACE:
… And then I have to write to Io and thank him a lot, yes I do. 

GRACE:
… Oh, and before I forget - welcome back Quinn.

ALESS:
She’s happy.

QUINN:
That she is. Now why’d ya go ’n give her the wand back?

ALESS:
It  d-d-doesn’t have any m-magic, it hasn’t for a l-l-long time.

QUINN:
Right, ‘cause there’d be no stopping her, if it did.

ALESS:

Why d-d-didn’t Io come b-back with you?  

HARMONIA:

‘Cause he’s in love with our daddy, isn’t that right?

QUINN:
Harmonia!

HARMONIA:
Now come here and give your big sis a hug. 

Welcome home!

QUINN:
How did ya know about dad and Io?

HARMONIA:
Xyla paid me a visit and she had a lot to say on the subject.

QUINN:
Ya mean that scary, wee girl? When did she come here?
She never left dad’s side the whole time I was there.  

HARMONIA:
Xyla’s like that, she thinks she owns him, and us too. She’s
not a  wee gal either but we’ll save that for another time.
Now tell me - did ya’ll come across a fairy today?

QUINN:
Uh no. Harm, why didnae anyone tell me ‘bout dad’s um … type?
 

HARMONIA:
Aw hon, daddy doesn’t have a type - he just pursues whoever
looks good to him at the time. It don’t make no difference be  
they male or female. Daddy - he don’t discriminate. 

QUINN:
Right.

HARMONIA:

Quinn hon, you’re lookin’ a little pale there. Aless be a dear
and look after him for me. He needs time to process all this.
- And I have got to find me that fairy.