Status Updates From Spinning Silver

“‘I can't change silver to gold for you in your kingdom...’

“‘Of course you can, mortal girl,’ he said over his shoulder, as if I was the one being a fool. ‘A power claimed and challenged and thrice carried out is true; the proving makes it so.’ And then he stepped forward and the heavy door swung shut in my face, leaving me with a casket full of silver coins and a belly full of dismay.”

Love how I went from “what is the point of this book” to “when will Novak get her Nobel prize in literature”

The Staryk's antimemetic power is bugging me, because how is there so much common knowledge about the Staryk if every human who comes into contact with them forgets all about it within a day or two? Maybe this will be explained later, but I'm not hopeful. So far, I don't see a way to No Prize it.