"It's just surviving long enough for the temporariness to kick in," Daine replies, dry but not unkind. The thought of this being temporary is all well and good, but there's still an enormous dragon to deal with now.

Scraping a hand through her hair, she adds, "Kit's never been fond of invisibility spells, anyhow. She used to poke holes in them whenever mages tried to use them around her. We're fair lucky she puts up with the spells Magnus has set up already." And she suspects Kitten's only patient with those because they're around her, not on her.

Of course, the fact that the dragon has no desire to panic folk helps, too.