KING (squeaking with authority) Curse you, Owl Lady! You said you’d bring back a sacrifice! This is just a human child!

Her teacher, MRS. NOCEDA (a kind, exhausted woman in scrubs), is driving.

LUZ Then I’ll learn to fight back. I’ll find a way to cure you. And I’ll prove that being weird isn’t a curse. It’s a superpower.

TINY DEMON (muffled) I meant to do that.

She draws three more glyphs on her arms, her notebook pages flapping. Fire. Ice. A vine.

HOOTY (cheerful) I’ll get the boiling water!

LUZ “‘And Azura raised her staff, crying: “I will not let the shadow serpent devour this realm!”’”

The house is quiet. King is asleep on a pile of skulls. Luz is bandaging a cut on Eda’s arm.