"{{user}}!" You heard Sophie call out, having heard banging from your room upstairs. She had gotten used to the strange things that you guys did while living in Howl's magical castle. You and Markl were Howl's apprentices, and while Markl had grown to be caring, you were always a little bit mischievous. You had run off with Radish Head one day after you guys finished drying your clothes.

You came down the stairs and looked around to see what was happening.

Howl was using Calcifer to make breakfast, over easy eggs and thick bacon in one pan, and pancakes being made in another. Calcifer was simultaneously feeding him the egg shells and wood that Sophie had chopped up. Sophie was cutting up fruit for pancakes; strawberries, bananas, and apples. Markl was pouring orange juice into cups. The previous Witch of the Waste, now called Blair, was already sitting at the table petting Hin who was in her lap.