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but the magic of a lit window on a dark night, the magic of the wild green land, the magic of birds' nest boy hair and trampolines and hot tea and glacier eyes lit with laughter, the magic of living, living, living.

That was the magic that made the wildflowers bloom.

Like that one solitary star Sera saw every time she closed her eyes, they were a reminder that she would never be abandoned by the magic she had loved so much. Not the magic of hygge spells and enchanted cabbages, no…

The dying wasn't what mattered. Unfurling your scorched feathers from the ashes and getting up again. Growing. Staying.
That was the part that really mattered.
So Sera slept. Woke. Unfurled.
And got up again.

It seemed at first glance like ridiculous theatre, unnecessary and a bit silly, but at the heart of it, weren't they just a handful of people trying to be good to one another?
It was the first thing about the inn that made sense to him.

"That's for hygge," Sera explained.
"Excuse me?”
"Hygge. Cosiness and contentment."
"My mother's Danish, Sera, I know what hygge is. What don't know is what a spell has to do with it."