"Well enough, yes," he says. "Kieran's still on pace to outgrow me in a year's time. Maybe two if I'm lucky. He's taken to his studies with a vengeance and wanted me to be certain I knew every single thing about dragons ever."

He lowers his voice further.

"No sign of manifesting his magic yet, though. Morrigan's not sure if that's because of the...thing...when they were here, or if he's a bit of a late bloomer. We'd both be shocked if he doesn't manifest at all."