Beamquake -- The persistence of magic -- Trudy and Mia -- Susannah's Dogan -- The Turtle -- The Castle allure -- The ambush -- A game of toss -- Eddie bites his tongue -- Susannah-Mio, divided girl of mine -- The writer -- Jake and Callahan -- "Hile, Mia, Hile, mother" -- Coda: Pages from a writer's journal -- Wordslinger's note.