Holic sees the broken bottles, the lost horses, the state of his cart. Someone has to face him. While that plays out, Talim meets a wizard named Lorne Barnes who might identify the red talisman. Then the gem latches onto Beetle's hand and will not let go — and his mother and sisters appear around him asking, over and over, "is it funny."

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