"Wait, hang on, I just had a thought," Magnus says. He goes to the same dresser drawer where Galahad got his barrettes; there, he rummages until he finds a headband in silvers and blues. It has a few seed pearls tucked into the stamens of stiff fabric flowers, and the band itself looks braided like Galahad's watch.

He carries it over back to Galahad, twists it back and forth a few times to see what angle might look best, and then carefully puts it on him, using it to push the fluffy front of his hair back. "How's that?"