[Note: If you haven't read Terry Pratchett's THUD!, stop right now, click the link and order it. If you have, you will understand the enmity of the dwarves and trolls, both adepts of earth magic and endarkenment. ]

My friend Grizelda the Troll will have the information I need to help me understand the wishes of the seven dwarves who have built Tulip’s crystal casket while she is incapacitated by her loss of soul. I know that I will have to retrieve said soul, but I want to know as much about that as I can get before I go. Now if I can once more convince her not to have me for lunch, and soothe the ruts in our friendship, maybe she will tell me about them.  She might even let me make it up to her that I didn’t bring her the moose she asked for…not even a squirrel.

Grizelda is teaching me (the hard way) about friendship. She is my only friend here in Faery, other than Tulip, who is out o commission right now. I hope we don’t have to find her erstwhile “prince” to kiss her and bring her back, but that might be the easiest way.  Somehow things never go the easy way. But now my main issue is Grizelda, apologizing and making amends for bringing Queen Katrina, ex-fairy godmother into her home and breaking her teacup.