Tempus Est

War changes adults, changes people, changes futures. Magic changes people too.

Leaves green-eyed boys where they aren't wanted

Makes the youngest boy constantly forgotten

Gets clever girls bullied

Mocks wild-eyed seers who have seen death too young

Forces 'precious' daughters into feminine moulds

Abuses heirs who don't show magic obviously.

And when those boys find a pack

When those boys make themselves remembered

When those girls harden like diamond and decide to show them all

When those girls use their visions like a cloak and call ravens from branches

When those girls crack their moulds and fight back

When those boys channel their magic into carniverous and poisonous plants

Then...