0401 adele #81: more tools	Now that the group has agreed to try letting Neptune wear a dress, it falls to Adele to get her to put it on for the first time. It takes some cajoling, but Adele manages to dress their invisible friend and makes sure the dress fits her all right. She takes the newly dressed member of their group back to the base for a meal.
0402 ivy #116: when they look	Disappointed in herself for failing to hide her secret for long, Ivy listens to the shopkeeper's comforting encouragement and takes enough of it to heart to take the risk of trying to explain. She finds that her words aren't enough--she lacks the vocabulary to tell the woman about her powers--so she reluctantly provides a demonstration. Steeling herself for an unpleasant reaction, she floats in the air and tries to gather the courage to look at the woman's face, and prays it won't be a bad reaction.
0403 meri lin #106: unlike his sister	When Meri Lin goes into labor, she thinks about how much and in what ways she wants Benjamin to be different from Amanda, and feels guilty about wanting her son to turn out differently since she also loved her daughter. She arrives at the hospital and Fred is with her.
0404 ivy #117: something like this	The shopkeeper reacts to Ivy's flying with suppressed surprise and kindness, calmly asking her what else she can do and asking her frankly not to fly in front of her customers. Ivy is emotionally overcome by feeling accepted, unable to believe something like this could finally happen to her. The shopkeeper asks Charlotte what she thinks of her new friend flying, and Ivy observes that the woman's attitude appears to have set the scene for her daughter's reaction.
0405 weaver #51: her only defense	Weaver is a little disturbed that Adele has succeeded in getting Neptune to wear a dress, because he's afraid it will interfere with her invisibility if she depends on it to protect her from wild animals. When he brings it up to Adele in a private conversation, she explains that he should trust her abilities even though she did not protect Alix from almost getting attacked by a mountain lion, because with someone like Neptune, Adele is assuming more responsibility. Weaver isn't sure whether he accepts this explanation.
0406 ivy #118: this magical place	Delighted at being allowed to fly in the presence of the shopkeeper, Ivy floats to the ceiling, where she discovers that the bumpy ceiling has a texture she enjoys. While she picks at it, distracted, the shopkeeper begs her to come down before a customer sees her. She finally obeys the request, at which point the shopkeeper asks her again what her name is and what kind of "magical creature" she is. Ivy avoids the comment and returns to the rug, examining the glints in its fibers because they make her think there is actually magic or in the rug. She encourages Charlotte to join her, which she does.
0407 adele #82: a reason to trust	When Weaver asks Adele to give him some explanation for why she thinks it's okay to possibly put Neptune in more danger from predators by making her wear clothes, Adele privately accepts that Weaver and the others will need occasional reminders and proof for why they can trust that her advice is sound, even if she can't always justify what she says without doing extra homework. She searches out the information Weaver wants--why Neptune is still safe from wild animals even if they can now visually detect her--and finds out that Neptune smells bad to wild animals because of something in her blood.
0408 ivy #119: braidy head	Charlotte distracts Ivy from her annoyance at customers filling the store by teaching her how to play "beauty shop" with some dolls. The girls give dolls various hairstyles and Ivy's enjoying herself, but then becomes intrigued by Charlotte's braided hairstyle on a doll. She tries to learn how to make her own braids by using her telekinetic energy to "observe" the movement Charlotte is making, and easily learns how to duplicate the same motions in her own hair. Soon she has multiple braids throughout her hair and Charlotte assures her she looks pretty with her new hairstyle.
0409 adele #83: eye to eye	Continuing her conversation with Weaver, Adele discusses why and in what capacity they'd like to get involved in Neptune's life, and she explains that the invisible woman needs mental stimulation from them in order to regain some of her sense of self. But after Weaver says they see eye to eye, Adele laughs at the idea of someone so small saying that, and ends up offending Weaver through refusing to tell him what she's laughing at. When he flies away, she wonders what flying feels like.
0410 ivy #120: it's all yummy	When the shopkeeper Margaret finally reaches a lull in serving her customers, she serves a lunch to her daughter and Ivy. Having never had a baloney sandwich before, she's a little hesitant, but decides everything this lady gives her is likely to be yummy, and ends up enjoying the sandwich. Margaret being so nice to her makes her strangely sad again, and she wonders if she will get used to it.
0411 weaver #52: beyond words	While watching Adele try to give Neptune practice on using words to choose foods, Weaver wonders whether her communication skills will ever become more than call-and-response conditioning, and Adele explains some thoughts on why she thinks it won't get much better. Weaver expresses disappointment over not having anyone who can fly to talk to, and when Adele suggests she herself could understand, Weaver rejects her claim and debunks her logic. He believes even Neptune understands better than Adele could, even if she can't express it.
0412 ivy #121: a little bit up	Charlotte and Ivy play with hairstyles some more and Charlotte becomes intrigued by the way some of Ivy's motions don't involve her hands, so she asks her whether she could take her flying if she wanted. Delighted at the prospect of another person who likes flying, Ivy eagerly bounces into the air with Charlotte, but she asks to be put down, and then Margaret scolds them to stay down while they have customers. Her obviously shocked customer seems too confused to say anything, considering Margaret treated the random flying as if it was an ordinary naughty action and gave them a dismissive "Kids today!" reaction. Ivy is left wondering how anyone can not like flying.
0413 meri lin #107: the big push	Meri Lin nears the end of her labor and is told it's time for the final push. Unlike the last time she gave birth, Meri Lin has confidence and doesn't pass out. She hears her son cry and before she knows it, she and Fred are staring at their new son, Benjamin. Meri Lin mentally comments on her immediate rush of love for her child, and then she and Fred conclude that Benjamin is more or less the opposite of his sister: He has no unusual features, and looks like his mother almost completely except for having Fred's rounder eyes. Meri Lin is relieved that he looks so normal and believes she will not have to worry about her son developing superpowers.
0414 ivy #122: so good today	The bakery closes down for the night and Margaret lets Charlotte and Ivy help with small cleaning tasks like wiping tables and cleaning glass. When Margaret compliments Ivy's helpfulness, she wants to do more to help this woman who's been so kind to her, and ends up demanding to finish Margaret's sweeping for her. When she proves she can do it without a broom, she gets another compliment and feels over the moon about it. She can't wait to find more ways to help Margaret.
0415 dax #51: an actual woman	Weaver unexpectedly brings a piece of mirror to a moon ritual with Dax, and they combine it with other feminine symbols like water and a bowl to have a pleasant goddess-meditation. When Adele unexpectedly wanders close to them, Dax examines his feelings about why he hopes she won't join them, and breaks down his complicated relief when she just walks by.
0416 ivy #123: i'll help you	The last chore that remains is watering the plants, and Ivy observes with interest that Margaret needs a stepstool to accomplish the task. She attempts to help tip water into the plants from the watering can despite Margaret's protests, and ends up watering a plant too much so it overflows. Stricken with shame over her mistake, she worries that she won't be forgiven and believes she's done something terrible, but Margaret encourages her to water another plant with guidance, and when she's been reassured, Margaret invites her upstairs for dinner.
0417 weaver #53: what's related	Weaver finds a crossword puzzle dictionary on the beach and asks Adele what it is. They discuss humans' inventiveness, their mythology, their curiosity about human stories, and their respective abilities to understand enough context to interpret such things. Weaver decides to let Adele keep the dictionary because she's able to extract context from nowhere, while he finds the groupings of words meaningless.
0418 ivy #124: pretty dirty	Ivy is again pleasantly surprised by how good the food is at Margaret's dinner table--they eat spaghetti--and then she takes a bath with Charlotte (who agrees to the situation as long as Ivy gets a rinse first, since she's pretty dirty). Feeling tentatively secure and wanting to "keep" Margaret, Ivy finishes her bath and gets promised new clothes.
0419 meri lin #108: tiptoe through the glass	Meri Lin finds out her son is "exceptional" because he got perfect scores on the APGAR test--an early gauge of signs of a baby's health--and she thinks about how she does not want him to be exceptional as she begins her first breastfeeding. A nurse compliments her technique and comments that she's obviously done it before, which unexpectedly throws Meri Lin into deep sorrow. She lets Fred instruct the nurses on how to tiptoe around their special circumstances, and she refuses to be ashamed of her sorrow.
0420 ivy #125: i've always believed	Margaret tries to get Ivy to wear pajamas and go to bed, but Ivy notices it's night outside and is immediately compelled to go night flying. Margaret quickly realizes the child means business and proceeds to dress her in clothes appropriate for the outdoors, but she suddenly becomes sentimental and speaks about being a believer in fair folk, thanking Ivy for her visit and her "blessing." She has no idea what Margaret is talking about and departs after a hug, thinking about what a good day she had and her intention to return.
0421 adele #84: to matter	Adele goes to the city for a supply run and unexpectedly gets catcalled by guys in a car as she's walking by a highway. Knowing that they wouldn't exactly be attracted to her if they knew she wasn't human, she starts reflecting on the role of companionship in her life, and begins feeling very alone because she really doesn't feel that anyone loves her or truly cares about her.
0422 ivy #126: tell me	When Ivy wakes up craving bread, she realizes she can't find the bakery, and decides to try to use words to get a hot dog vendor to give her directions. She's unable to communicate with him very well because he keeps insisting that he wants to give the directions to her mommy, though he does seem to know of a good bakery in the area. But when her frustration causes her to forget that she isn't supposed to be flying around people, the vendor notices, changes his tune, and carries her around a couple corners to Margaret's bake shop. She exclaims that he has found her "brownie" and claims that all good family businesses have one.
0423 dax #52: talking far away	After Adele returns from one of her city trips, Dax and Weaver are delighted to find that she's brought back a radio, but she intends to use it to play music and tapes for Neptune and they're disappointed that they don't get to use it first. Dax sneaks off with it in the night to listen to the advice talk shows he remembers, and Weaver finds him after he's fallen asleep and tries to take it to listen to music. They end up listening to music together. Dax is amazed that humans have created technology that lets us hear stories hidden in the air.
0424 ivy #127: if it's dirty	After the hot dog man leaves, Charlotte tells her mother that she thinks she should marry the hot dog man, and while Margaret asks for understanding from her daughter, Charlotte is adamant that Margaret should be married and shouldn't have left her father. She runs away to sulk, but Ivy wants to play, so Margaret distracts her with a dough-kneading task. When made to wash her hands, Ivy wonders why she doesn't have to "clean" her telekinetic energy and why it doesn't get dirty like her hands when she touches things with it.
0425 weaver #54: what can you sing?	Neptune is annoying everyone singing the months-of-the-year song Adele exposed her to on their new cassette player, and when Alix complains, Weaver suggests they expose her to music Alix likes and begins singing rock ballads (poorly). Alix complains about that too and Weaver makes everyone who offers an opinion on someone else's singing demonstrate some singing themselves. Alix unexpectedly turns out to have a great voice, and while that annoys Weaver, he respects it at the same time.
0426 ivy #128: littler	Margaret decides Charlotte would probably appreciate someone paying attention to her again and encourages Ivy to go play with her daughter. She does so and accidentally scares her by flying into her field of view. When Charlotte calms down and stands up, she notices Ivy's much smaller once on the ground, and she decides to suggest playing school together, but Ivy wants to play beauty parlor again and Charlotte reluctantly gives in. Ivy wonders when she'll be bigger than someone.
0427 meri lin #109: i'm there for you	The Fisher-Ling family gets to take Benjamin home, and there they enjoy the new baby with family and friends. Meri Lin reflects on her love during some quiet time, and then her friend Kate visits. She volunteers to watch the baby anytime they need more sleep, and asks if they understand she's there for them. Meri Lin wonders if her friend felt she saw so little of their last baby because they didn't trust her, and vows to make sure she never feels isolated the way she did when Amanda needed to be hidden from the world.
0428 ivy #129: the right hair	Ivy relearns how to braid hair with Charlotte's help, and starts braiding all the hair she can find. Charlotte is impressed with her job and starts trying to call her mother's attention to it, but in the meantime Ivy's gotten hold of the mirror and realized yet again that she does not have bangs anymore, which upsets her. Charlotte is unable to understand what she's trying to express when she tries to explain what she wants, but Margaret understands and offers to cut her hair. Ivy wonders why her bangs go away sometimes.
0429 dax #53: patterns	Dax keeps making observations that seem silly to his companions. This is a montage episode of him blurting out patterns he's noticed and dealing with his friends not knowing what to make of it, and he concludes that he doesn't care if they think he's weird.
0430 ivy #130: clear	After getting a haircut and feeling very good about it, Ivy and Charlotte spend the afternoon looking out the stained-glass window at people and reading stories. Ivy hears a story about school that takes place in a classroom and wants to know more about how she can go to a room full of children, but Charlotte suggests the next best thing is playing school, which is not what Ivy has in mind.
0431 meri lin #110: by the book	Meri Lin calls her sister to figure out when Lissa Lee will be visiting and meeting her new nephew. When Meri Lin seems anxious for Lissa Lee to visit sooner than Thanksgiving, her sister seems concerned, but Meri Lin denies her need for concern and gets off the phone. Really, she's worried about her sister EVER getting to meet her son if he ends up developing the same powers Amanda did. She tests his eyesight and finds that he can now track moving objects with his eyes, which means that if he's anything like his sister, he'll be following in her footsteps soon. Meri Lin wishes fervently that her son will develop only as per the book's projections.
0432 ivy #131: is it real?	After closing the bakery and going back to Margaret's living quarters, Ivy reads with Charlotte before dinner. She encounters talking cars and clothed teddy bears in the stories and tries to figure out if these books are depicting things that really exist, but Charlotte is amused at her ignorance and makes Ivy feel bad. The girls eat dinner and dessert, and Ivy wonders why they call her a "brownie." She's intrigued when a dessert option is a brownie, and concludes that it must be like "honey" and "sweetie" as a nice nickname.
0433 adele #85: advantage	Adele introduces a montage of games played by the beach crew in their leisure time. It seems that no matter what they play, one of them has a reason they have difficulty participating; Weaver is too small to play Frisbee, Alix has trouble seeing distant numbers in aiming-based score games, and Dax's word skills are too poor to be competitive in language games. As for Adele, she's barred from playing cards with her companions except in pure luck games because her advantages make it too easy for her to win. She wishes she had someone with her skills to play against.
0434 ivy #132: come lie down	When Miss Margaret offers to make Ivy comfortable for "night-night," she realizes it's time for night flying, and resists Miss Margaret's efforts to get her to settle down on the couch. Eventually, though, the temptations of a soft, warm place to lie down and a stuffed bunny have her delaying her plans.
0435 dax #54: no big deal	Dax has to put off his bath because Alix is already occupying the place where he wants to bathe, but Alix takes issue with Dax's discomfort with nudity and wants to know why he's such a prude. Dax, for his part, is angry that Alix wants him to justify his feelings, rationalizing that his perspective on clothing is one of the only feelings he has left from where he came from.
0436 ivy #133: that should be a rule	Ivy wakes up on the couch dismayed to find that it is daytime and she has missed night flying. She breaks down crying and Miss Margaret tries to snap her out of it by projecting a calm demeanor, but Ivy's not having it and screams louder and yells at Miss Margaret. The noise awakens Charlotte, who comes in, matter-of-factly tells her mother that it should be a rule that magic kids should ALWAYS be able to fly at night, and defuses the situation by suggesting breakfast.
0437 weaver #55: the fallen ones	Weaver decides to head out to the apple farm with Dax to collect apples, but Dax is dismayed to find there's a fence around the trees, indicating ownership. He protests that taking the apples would be stealing, while Weaver argues that it's not because the farmer can surely spare a few and anyway his people stole the land from the indigenous peoples in the first place. Dax doesn't understand, but he agrees with Weaver that fallen apples are fair game since they would otherwise be wasted, and he vows to get the full story on the stealing of land from Adele later. Weaver wonders if his perception of the events is warped and whether he used what he knew to justify stealing in the past.
0438 ivy #134: getting bigger	In a montage episode, Ivy talks about having someone to care for her and give her food, and Miss Margaret is shown to be recording her height by making marks on a door next to her daughter's. She wants to be bigger. But she notes that she always leaves at night because she doesn't truly belong with people whose feet don't come off the ground.
0439 meri lin #111: all three syllables	Meri Lin notices Fred always calls their son some weird nickname, and they have a discussion about what nicknames mean and their differences of opinion on the use of full names.
0440 ivy #135: how to not tell	Charlotte comes to Ivy one day and asks her to use her abilities to get a mysterious object down from the closet for her. It turns out to be a photo frame containing a picture of her and her father, which she treasured before her mother hid it from her. Charlotte swears Ivy to secrecy--while ascertaining that she knows what a secret is--and hides it in her room.
0441 adele #86: today's the day	Adele awakens and has a mysterious thought in her head: "today's the day." She realizes that during her trip to the city she will be bringing someone home with her, and she can't seem to discern who or why. As she ponders the nature of her predictions and her trust in her abilities, she realizes she needs to give her gift license to work, and also remembers her teacher telling her something similar. Treasuring the memory of her mentor's words, Adele walks along the highway and trusts her feet to take her where she is supposed to be.
0442 ivy #136: a book about me	Ivy enjoys seeing her breath as the weather turns cold. She decides to stop in at Miss Margaret's for cocoa before starting her night flying in earnest, and finds that Christmas has taken over the area and Charlotte is writing her Christmas list. She doesn't know anything about Santa and doesn't understand when they ask her to discuss what she wants for the holiday, and when Charlotte tries to read a book about Christmas to her, Ivy becomes irritated that she's being told to believe in flying animals she's never seen in the sky. She wishes she could find a book that reflected her experience.
0443 adele #87: a hand by a stranger	Adele is resting by the side of the road when she's surprised to get an offer from a stranger to take her into the city. She examines her feelings about the situation and realizes it is not dangerous, but feels nervous all the same about having to share space and conversation with a strange man. But his offer to help her does make her feel less lonely, so she accepts.
0444 ivy #137: about fires	Another very cold night drives Ivy into Miss Margaret's bakery, where she finds the fireplace in use for the first time. They have marshmallows and cocoa, though Charlotte seems puzzled why Ivy can't solve the problem of their only having two roasting sticks by using her telekinetic abilities to hold her marshmallow, while Ivy can't imagine why Charlotte would think she could hold a marshmallow someplace that hot.
0445 adele #88: behind my hood	Adele and the driver introduce themselves, and she finds out his name is Webster. They share more awkward conversation that involves Webster fixating on what she looks like and why she's wearing a robe. Adele has a realization that Webster's ex-wife had special surgery to look like a cat and he still found her beautiful, proving perhaps he's not particularly put off by non-human looks. She's intrigued.
0446 ivy #138: the high ones	The next time Ivy comes to the bakery, the mother and daughter have their Christmas tree up and she gets to help decorate. Ivy is assigned the decoration of the higher parts of the tree, which fills her with unfamiliar pride and happiness to the point that she gets overwhelmed and has to rest.
0447 meri lin #112: worry didn't save her	Meri Lin and Fred leave baby Benjamin with Kate and go on a date. They have a good time and Meri Lin revels a bit in the temporary worry-free feeling. She realizes that all the worrying she did when she was trying to parent Amanda did not save her from being lost, and she wonders if she really ought to concentrate on worrying less for practical purposes.
0448 ivy #139: santa was here	Ivy sneaks into the bakery on Christmas morning to get a cinnamon roll, and the noise she makes downstairs makes Charlotte think Santa is there. When she comes down, she observes with interest that the cookies they'd left for Santa are gone and the presents have arrived. Margaret joins them and seems cross that her daughter has gone downstairs without permission, but she eases off the scolding to wish them a merry Christmas and asks them to pose in front of the tree for photos.
0449 dax #55: good teachers	Dax yearns to read more competently, but finds himself disappointed in his ability to read a mythology book Adele bought for Weaver. He has a conversation with Alix about how long it took him to learn to read and discusses strengths and weaknesses.
0450 ivy #140: like you	Ivy and Charlotte pose for pictures, and Ivy hates the flash and resists posing with her eyes open. Once the portraits are done and Ivy doesn't see the point of it, they open presents and Ivy receives a few little toys. Charlotte is most excited about the books, and Ivy thinks it's interesting until Charlotte insists a cartoon of "the littlest elf" looks like her just because the character is blonde with pointed ears. Ivy doesn't see the resemblance and feels offended because she thinks the cartoon is ugly.
0451 adele #89: my weird side	Adele continues to feel that Webster is trying to make romantic overtures toward her, so she decides to introduce an element of her weird side to the conversation and offers to pay him for giving her a ride by predicting lottery numbers for him. He seems relatively open-minded--though she can also tell he doesn't exactly believe her--and she senses that he wants to know more about her story. She wonders how much to tell him.
0452 ivy #141: the wrong hands	Ivy doesn't want to be associated with the elf in Charlotte's Christmas book, but Charlotte keeps pointing out more similarities and mentions that the cartoon elf only has four fingers on each hand--just like Ivy herself. This intrigues her, as she does notice when it's pointed out that her hands are different from Charlotte's, but she doesn't know what it means and is concerned that her hands are "wrong." She wonders if she's supposed to have another finger, and how she's supposed to fix it.
0453 adele #90: foreign to me	Adele takes a nap in Webster's truck and watches as he does ordinary things that are foreign to her, like getting gas. Then he buys her a package of Twinkies and notices her hands while she's eating them, commenting on her skin color and asking if she's Native American. Adele has no good answer for her origin, and Webster assumes she just doesn't want to talk about herself. She leaves it at that.
0454 ivy #142: you want some?	Ivy finds oranges again and while she happily eats one, Keith and Ernie discover her and discuss what to do. Keith was apparently bullied into paying for the damage Ivy did to the truck Steph tried to transport her in, and he no longer wants anything to do with trapping her and trying to get a reward. Ernie, however, still wants to turn her over to Steph and asks her where she's going when she moves to leave. Ivy says she's going to a bakery and leaves Ernie behind, thinking eagerly about cookies.
0455 adele #91: more to existence	Webster again expresses curiosity about what Adele looks like under the robe, and she finds his curiosity irritating but admits she'll be wondering about him too after they part. He asks if she can see what he looks like from under the robe, and after she admits that she can see without her eyes, Webster pressures her to recite what she knows about him. Irritated, she begins to reply in detail just to show him there's far more to existence than what he can see with his eyes.
0456 ivy #143: as big as you	Ivy is alone with Miss Margaret one day and they have some time together. Ivy asks questions about why they no longer have the Christmas tree or the fire in the fireplace, and Miss Margaret simplifies an explanation of time passing. Ivy looks forward to being taller and wonders if she will be bigger than Miss Margaret when she's an adult.
0457 adele #92: like we're friends	Adele continues to tell Webster what she knows about his appearance, weaving in details that she wouldn't be able to know just by looking at him. He accepts this, saying he doesn't know how she's doing that but likes "being seen," and tells her he wants to talk like they're friends. So she asks him about his son (revealing that she knows he has one and that he's a single father), and he asks about her living situation. They're now approaching the city, which is Adele's destination.
0458 ivy #144: her violent side	Ernie finally finds Miss Margaret's shop and comes in to ask Miss Margaret whether she'd be willing to help get Ivy into protective custody of some sort, and tries to convince Margaret that Ivy has a violent side. Margaret immediately feels that Ernie does not have her best interests at heart and asks him to leave her alone, and while he points out that she has no more rights to her than anyone else, Margaret becomes fiercely protective and asks him to leave before she calls the police.
0459 adele #93: not goodbye	As they reach the city and Adele tells Webster where to let her off, he asks if she'll have dinner with him and she refuses. He seems again dismayed that he can't see her face, and she apologizes but stands firm. Then she gives him some small-pot lottery numbers that she promised him and he writes down his address for her, asking if she'll send him a postcard. She agrees, and realizes her feelings about him fall into a new context now that she knows she can continue to converse with him.
0460 ivy #145: not about you	Charlotte discovers a book about adoption on her mother's bedside table and wonders if it has something to do with putting her up for adoption or her own history as an adopted child. Miss Margaret assures Charlotte she is not up for adoption or adopted, and says she was looking into adoption because she was hoping to be able to adopt Ivy, but has determined it's probably impossible since they don't know her origin. Charlotte nevertheless wants to celebrate having a "sister," and when she tries to play the "sliding game" in her socks on the wood floor, she slips and Ivy has to catch her.
0461 weaver #56: big of you	The guys are sitting around talking about games and Weaver and Alix explain football to Dax. When they talk about trying to play someday and Alix makes a crack about how Weaver could be the ball because he's small, Weaver does not find it funny and objects to the mocking. He finds a way to turn the conversation around to point out how Alix can't play his games either.
0462 ivy #146: a good man	Miss Margaret decides to have Ivy show her the orange shop so she can track down the man who wants to take Ivy away, but Ivy doesn't know how to show Miss Margaret where it is without flying, and she doesn't want to fly. Margaret ends up following Ivy as she flies, and when she meets Keith, she finds out he's actually on their side: he doesn't want Ivy to get taken by his brother or Steph, and he promises to tell Miss Margaret if he finds out anything about his brother capturing her. Margaret tells Keith he's a good man, and Ivy has no idea why Miss Margaret isn't eating oranges if she specifically asked for such a thing.
0463 meri lin #113: sweet face	Meri Lin has begun to notice that her baby Benjamin has a lot of opinions and persnickety tastes. She runs through his pickiness over what music plays on the mobile, what pacifier he sucks, what scent the lotion has, and who burps him. Meri Lin jokingly reminds him his sweet face won't get him everything he wants for the rest of his life.
0464 ivy #147: for my growing	Ivy finds out she's now as tall as Charlotte was when she first started coming to Miss Margaret's, so she decides she should be eating more food so she can get even bigger. She reflects on feeling happy that Miss Margaret is there to give her food and a nice place to be, but determines that she still needs her flying because a place with a ceiling is too constricting for her. She leaves Miss Margaret's after a healthy breakfast, carrying a cinnamon roll and hoping to grow more.
0465 adele #94: i'm different too	Adele completes her shopping trip and is pondering the trip home when she notices a child sitting in an alley. As she approaches, she realizes it's a homeless little girl with unusual features, and her intuition tells her that living in the city is dangerous--both because someone is after her and because it will be terrible for her to become totally self-aware while living around normal people. Adele decides to take the girl with her, and takes down her hood to make contact and show her that she's also different.
0466 ivy #148: no questions	When a strange woman approaches Ivy in an alley and sits down beside her to offer her food and drink, she expects the usual "are you lost? where's your mommy?" questions, but this woman not only looks unlike anyone she's seen before; she also doesn't act like everyone else. When Ivy touches the woman's long red hair, she reciprocates by touching Ivy back--which she likes--and she finds herself optimistic about making friends with this woman.
0467 adele #95: is it real?	After having established a decent rapport with the child, Adele tries to think of a good way to forge trust, and determines that an independent child will respond more to fulfillment of wants rather than needs. With that she discovers that the child likes the outdoors, and when she begins to describe the beach with its trees and ocean and sand, it's no surprise that the child reacts with enthusiasm and wants to go see it--as long as Adele reassures her that it's not just a tale from a book.
0468 ivy #149: i should hide	Adele and Ivy begin to walk out of the alley together and Ivy notices Adele puts on her hood. Wondering why Adele wants to hide, she asks about it, and when Adele says she's hiding because people are sometimes mean to her for looking different, Ivy wonders if she should be hiding for the same reason and hides under Adele's cloak.
0469 adele #96: it explains	As they're walking hand in hand toward the beach home, Adele notices the child doesn't walk very well and seems to be tiring, so she carries her and realizes she's suspiciously light. However, as soon as she falls asleep, she becomes heavy, alerting Adele that something very unusual is going on with this kid. After she finally wakes up, Adele encourages her to walk again, and this time, she hovers slightly instead of walking. This, Adele thinks, explains everything.
0470 ivy #150: special lady	As Ivy travels with the new woman, she realizes she was sleepily flying, and steels herself for some kind of rebuke or freak-out. Instead, the kind lady says she likes her flying and encourages her to do more of it, and calls her special. Ivy can barely wrap her mind around that reaction, and thinks the lady must be awfully special herself.
0471 adele #97: no such recognition	Adele finds she has to make frequent stops to keep the child entertained and comfortable, so as she rests and lets her play in the trees, Adele admires her freedom of movement and writes in her journal. She finds herself beginning a letter to Webster instead of writing her feelings to herself, though, and wonders whether Webster would have any child-rearing advice for her.
0472 dax #56: a reason for everything	When Weaver comes flying into the picture screaming about how Adele is returning and she has a child with her, Dax doesn't know what to think. Alix is immediately hostile to the idea, but Dax and Weaver are just confused. Dax assumes Adele must have had a good reason to bring a human child to their beach. When Adele arrives with the child, Dax observes that she looks apprehensive and hopes he's not too scary to her.
0473 ivy #151: i won't look	Upon arriving at the beach, Ivy sees two men and becomes uncomfortable with the way they're staring at her, and after realizing Weaver is also a person that she'd mistaken for a toy because of his size, she realizes Alix is being hostile and begins to feel very self-conscious in response to his comments. Adele defends her choice to bring her there and they get into a shouting match, which inspires Ivy to run away toward the water because that was what she wanted to see in the first place.
0474 adele #98: something amazing	As the beach group watches the newly arrived child playing in the water, Dax worries about her being in the water, but Adele assures him it doesn't matter. They all watch her get on top of the cave with surprising ease, and Adele just knows very shortly she will display her flying. This comes true when birds fly overhead and she chases them. The group is understandably shocked, but Alix has the first outburst, expressing fear and annoyance that Adele would take such a thing on. Dax suggests breakfast.
0475 weaver #57: since the moon	When Adele brought a mysterious little girl onto their beach unexpectedly, Weaver was understandably confused and dismayed, but when he found out this child could fly, his whole world tilted on its ear. Weaver asks Adele if he can fly with the girl, and the two spend a long time flying around in the air together over the ocean and the forest. Weaver even lets her hug him, and wonders whether she's always wanted someone to fly with too.
0476 ivy #152: making splashes	After being shocked and pleasantly surprised that Weaver can fly, Ivy revels in flying over the ocean with her new friend. Weaver teaches her how to enjoy splashing in the water while flying over it, and she becomes absolutely smitten with the experience, enjoying the sea until long after Weaver gets too tired to stay out there with her.
0477 weaver #58: a successful spell	After the air romps with the new child have left him drained, Weaver returns to the shore and chats with Dax about their future raising the girl. Dax updates Weaver on Alix's attitude--he's been convinced to help raise her, but declares he won't like it--and Weaver expresses some of his elation about having found a flying partner. Dax apologizes, half-jokingly, for not being Weaver's dream date, and goes off to get water, while Weaver watches the child playing by herself, mesmerized by the sight of her.
0478 adele #99: good thing you're here	Adele decides to have a talk with Alix about including the new girl in their breakfast, and she wants him to invite her. He admits being intimidated and reluctant to interact with her, and Adele suggests that he, as the most human-looking person there, will help her feel welcome. He grudgingly goes out to the shore to try to invite her to breakfast.
0479 ivy #153: that guy	Ivy is still playing in the sand when Alix approaches and invites her to breakfast. She's put off by something about his attitude and chooses to run away from him instead, and when he pursues her and picks her up, she shoves him down and flies away.
0480 adele #100: bigger than flying	When Alix comes back to camp furious and empty-handed, Adele wants to know what happened while he was trying to retrieve the girl. He claims to have been shoved into the sand, which mystifies Adele and Weaver. Adele ventures out to bring her back, only to find her hand opening on its own to let the girl's foot go free. Weaver volunteers that he thinks she's done something to him too--he felt something pull his feet when they were flying even though the girl wasn't near him--and Alix panics. He demands that if Adele wants to be trusted when she says they're safe, she needs to define the limits of the girl's abilities for them. She begins to meditate on the answer.
0481 adele #101: i'll show them	Adele comes to the conclusion that their newest group member's unusual talent allows her to move objects without touching them, and that it is practically limitless. Alix flips out over how dangerous that sounds, panicking over how they can possibly expect to discipline a child like this, and he unthinkingly calls the child a monster. Adele becomes furious, unable to believe Alix could say such a thing considering his own experience being different in a human world, and she lectures him on how important it is that SHE never believes she's a monster. Adele heads off to try again to bring the girl back to the group.
0482 ivy #154: don't like the words	After Adele finally gets Ivy to come to breakfast, she enjoys mushrooms and warily takes nuts from Alix since he seems to be objecting to her presence less. But then when Dax returns, Alix explains Ivy's powers to him and she starts to feel incredibly self-conscious about being talked about. She wanders away so she won't have to hear it, and wonders why everyone thinks she's weird all the time and why she can't be proud of herself.
0483 dax #57: about being strong	When it becomes clear to Dax that the new child has incredibly powerful extra abilities, he's a little intimidated, but willing to work with the others on creating the best environment for her. He knows a few things about being strong, and thinks the girl will feel included and less likely to hurt anyone if she feels like a necessary part of the group, so he would like to teach her to help with survival tasks. Alix, however, is worried about the effects of possible tantrums, and Adele wants her to have a human education.
0484 ivy #155: can you say	Ivy gets thirsty and finds the ocean's water undrinkable, so she returns to the group for water. She sits in Adele's lap and gets her drink, ignoring a request to apologize to Alix for kicking sand on him on the way, and then when Adele tells her she can't go back to playing until she eats, she's a bit puzzled. Of course she CAN go play if she wants to. But she agrees to eat some berries before running away again, and finds them tasty.
0485 adele #102: cut her roots	Adele feeds their new group member some blackberry paste and tries to tame her hair, only to find that the child is capable of telekinetically brushing and braiding it. Adele is a bit sad when she hears that the braiding was learned from a friend she will no longer be seeing.
0486 ivy #156: a word for you	After Ivy wiped her sneeze in her shirt, Adele decided to give her a bath, and the river delights her. While playing and getting a quick rinse from Adele, they chat about names, and Adele tries to get Ivy to acknowledge her by name. She doesn't appear particularly interested in saying anything about a name for herself, though, and asks about "the blue fuzzy." She wonders where he could be, and wants to play with him.
0487 adele #103: sometimes	While bathing Ivy in the river, Adele realizes she can have decent conversations when the child is grounded with a distraction like playing in water, and they end up having a conversation about whether she's ever seen anyone else fly and how she feels about being the only one who flies her way. Adele feels heartbroken that such a young child had to learn to hide to avoid being shamed and frightened, and she segues into discussing how she'll teach her some academics, among other things. She muses about returning to the city and getting a PO Box to communicate with Webster.
0488 ivy #157: nobody's mad	Ivy decides to ignore Adele's request to come back to the base with her and flies off to explore. She enjoys the trees and water and various natural playthings, and finds herself wondering where all this stuff was all her life. She loves being able to do whatever she wants without anyone yelling at her for following her impulses, and she revels in it.
0489 weaver #59: adult influence	Weaver is a little concerned for the girl's safety after Adele comes back from giving her a bath and doesn't have her with her. Even though Adele assures everyone that the girl is fine on her own, Weaver searches for her and comes up empty. The girl returns to the group on her own and immediately wants food, but she doesn't even finish her apple slice before falling asleep in Adele's lap. The group plans a celebratory dinner for her--with Alix being grouchy that he didn't get one, but volunteering to catch a fish--and Weaver contemplates what kind of pseudo-parent he should be to this child.
0490 adele #104: the end of wanting	Now that the little girl has returned to the camp and is dozing in Adele's lap, Adele contemplates her future and asks Alix if he can acquire some supplies for her on a trip to the city. As he prepares a fish he's just caught, Adele fills him in on what she needs and also requests his help getting a PO box. When Weaver and Dax return with more food, the child wakes up, and Adele muses about how much better her future will be in terms of being fed, taught, and loved.
0491 dax #58: open to me	As the crew prepares for their first dinner with their new member, Dax notices the child staring at him over the fire while sitting in Adele's lap, and notices she's telekinetically stealing berries from his bowls and seems to be trying to avoid his notice. When he does notice, she seems to fear him and puts the berry back, so Dax immediately gives her a handful of berries so she knows he's her ally, not an impediment to her comfort.
0492 ivy #158: food on a stick	Ivy wants to help cook the fish by holding the kebab stick, but Adele won't let her. Weaver pops up with a distraction and they eat berries by tossing them into their own mouths until the fish is ready. Ivy finds she does like fish (though she was initially a bit grossed out by it), and then she falls asleep on the sand--against advice.
0493 adele #105: just a kid	Now that the child has fallen asleep, Adele is wondering about how to handle getting her to bed, but surprisingly, Alix volunteers to carry her into the cave and let her use his bed. When he comes back and admits he was enjoying watching her sleep and that he felt very peaceful looking at her, Adele praises him for helping with her and mellowing out regarding her presence.
0494 weaver #60: partner in crime	Weaver awakens at dawn and decides to wake the little girl up, too. He's done some thinking about what sorts of measures their group will need to take to control this child, and he determines that she needs an ally who's mischievous like she is--so she'll listen to someone if she does cross a line someday. Weaver leads her out of the cave while everyone's still sleeping, takes her to a meeting place in a tree, and teaches her to spit acorns--telling her that their mission will be to attack Alix with them when he walks by. She takes to this mission with relish and begins practicing.
0495 ivy #159: for the game	Now that Weaver's taught Ivy to shoot acorns out of her mouth, she's ready for when Alix shows up, but she believes this is a game he'll appreciate. In the meantime, she wonders what kind of entertainment Weaver has in mind for playing in the tree, and is intrigued by the fact that he can wrap his feet around tree branches. When Alix does show up, Weaver covers for her as she heads off to get her acorn ammunition.
0496 weaver #61: the way we play	Weaver anticipates, then enjoys, the sight of his new protégé attacking Alix by spitting acorns. Alix ducks, but recovers quickly and clearly wants to confront Weaver, but he decides to protect the child from associating yelling with their fun and takes her away for recreational flying, escaping the probable scolding.
0497 adele #106: quite an ordeal	When Alix stomps into the cave in the morning and wakes Adele up to vent his frustration and demand guidance, Adele is none too pleased. She understands Alix is upset that Weaver and the girl are targeting him for mischief, but believes him to be overreacting. Still, she does admit he has a point that they should all be modeling proper behavior for her, and agrees--distractedly--to talk to them for him. Alix stomps out in a huff and Adele wishes he'd stop making himself into a victim.
0498 dax #59: some epic plan	Dax is returning to camp with his water buckets when Alix finds him in the woods and relays his experiences getting dive-bombed with nuts and his concern about Weaver teaching the girl to target him. Dax is somewhat sympathetic to Alix's dilemma, but insists that Weaver probably has a good reason for what he's doing and that they should not jump to conclusions before asking him what he's trying to do. Alix declares that he would sooner leave the group than be cast as the victim of a super-powered child.
0499 ivy #160: lap for a nap	Ivy and Weaver return from their flight to find that breakfast has been made, so they join in and Ivy elects to sit on Alix's lap (which he reluctantly allows). She points out that their hair is the exact same color and Weaver jokes that they might be related. Ivy falls asleep in his lap before she's done eating her apple.
0500 adele #107: referee	Alix, discontent with holding a sleeping child on his lap, decides to try to move her, but she has a wetting accident in his lap, and Alix is furious because he thinks it was an intentional form of harassment coached by Weaver. (And it doesn't help that Weaver thinks it's hilarious.) When Alix stomps off to change his pants, Adele is left trying to calm him down and assuring him she'll talk to the girl--and have Dax talk to Weaver. She takes the child to the ocean to get cleaned up.