What to do first? Each room the twelve year old finds unsuitable. It will still be a bit before she understands how magic practically works here. It takes her six tries to change the carpet color in the parlor before she gives up. A lot will have to be done, and that will take time. Multiple efforts. Tedious and tiresome, and more uncomfortable a thought by the second.

Already, there's someone here. It's polite to be gracious when someone calls upon you, but what if they're there to hurt you? Jeanine makes her way to the front door, but she won't cross the threshold to the porch just yet. What she feels here isn't like the souls mother used to usher to and fro. "If you're not here to hurt me," she calls out to the yard, "You can come out. I think, though, if you are here to hurt me, you should probably go."

A threat isn't a very good one without reason, and Jean may not be able to back that up, but mom always said bravado goes a long way.