“”Don’t remind me. That name’s too big for a kid like him.” Never mind how big Alistair might actually get. “He tried to call her Antirrhinum.”

Aconite isn’t deterred by Red’s growl, though she’ll give up trying to hold his head still for the moment. Her tail wags behind her, head canting to the side as she considers him. She chirps, drawing the sound out into a trill and bobbing her head before darting away, clumsily climbing to Billie’s shoulder and spreading her wings.