Parry waved at the ladies with a pudgy hand while Carolyn stepped around Rikive to find Estelle. Fiona leaned in closer to Parry, staring into the toddler's eyes. Parry stared back, not sure what to do or how to interpret Fiona's scrutiny.

"I'm not getting anything malevolent coming off of him in terms of magic," Fiona said, stepping back into the front doorway. "And whatever did this, it isn't a witch charm. It's... binding. Tight. Like a snake squeezing the life out of him. Or in this case, the age."

[i]Wait. This is gonna be fucking permanent?[/i]

That set Parry off crying again, long and loud shrieks that he shocked himself with.

"I'm an Earth Witch," Carolyn said over the crying Parry. "And we don't have any spells or charms that could do this. But it's similar to some things we can do. How did this happen?