Christine seemed in agreement as she nodded sagely and sipped her fine wine. "You'd be quite right. And while making the children help in rebuilding seems like a fine punishment, they can be stupid and might make things worse.

"Better to remove the pests and do it alone. Besides, she has magic on her side. But perhaps she could make them fix it and every time they mess up, they must work longer to make it up to her. Thus they have a home and food and steady work and learn skills that may help them in the future. That could be a good ending all around." Whe said softly as she watched Chéri pet a happy, purring Archimedes.