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Dani raised her shoulders as her expression turned to one of confusion for her brother who expected her to have the answers to his questions. The redhead was surprised to have gotten as much information as she had when staring down the barrel of the gun at the magic shop. While neither of them said it they knew who the other was within seconds and played it cool enough to get through the conversation. "I doubt it, doesn't seem like they're the type to do it so publically. Winnie's way too calculated for that shit." It wasn't her motive or at least Dany didn't think so, still trying to determine what could've brought back the witch in the first place. "Do you think they opened something? Way too many people that are supposed to be dead keep coming around or at least that's what the hot goss is at the shop." There had been a few cases where someone came in claiming they saw the dead but now it was Dani who had seen a ghost from her past. "I mean not today...." Her voice faded off, realizing she'd been caught in her own secrets. "I might've seen Mary around town a few times but I didn't wanna freak you out if it was nothing." She offered a smile in the hopes he didn't blow a fuse like she was expecting, knowing secrets between them were frowned upon but having a fair share of her own. "Wait, what?" Dani's expression changed to one of annoyance, her eyebrows knitting and lips thinning. "I can't just quit. I actually like this job and I'm not scared of them. They can't just make me into soup anymore or you know, whatever way they like their kids cooked." The girl's arms folded over her chest as she looked up at her concerned brother. "I'm not running away."

"What hasn't he done?" Winnie sighed exasperatedly, playing along with the charade the younger girl was keeping up. She could dance around the obvious, if that was what the other redhead wanted. "The usual infidelity, as to be expected of a man with his intelligence. But, the disrespect of stealing my books, too," she trailed off with a roll of her eyes, toying at the very book she'd come in search of. "Apologies--you work here? I thought I was just asking an informed-looking patron. What's your name, dear?" Winnie asked, flashing a grin as she awaited an answer she already knew.

They both kept what they knew to themselves, faking smiles and forcing small talk as if the last they met hadn't been in an attempt to destroy one another. As fate would have it they'd tripped into each other's lap's once again. "Sounds about right for a man," Dani said over her shoulder once they reached a halt. The redhead didn't need to move her gaze to know exactly where the others had gone. It was the very same that had caused so much trouble the first time around. "Cheating is one thing but stealing your books? It's like they don't want women to read and learn about rights anymore." The girl's voice did more than her words to show the sarcasm she meant in the statement. It was a relief at hearing she hadn't expected to see Dani here, feeling as though it was a small win for Winnie to have not come intending to find the younger redhead. "Might as well be, I came in here enough that I got a part-time job while I'm in school. Most of the time they hide me in the back." She gave a shrug, not wanting to give Winnie a good look into her business, and shifted the conversation to the inevitable. "So what book is it you wanted to see?"

Little did her brother know the bomb she was about to drop, Dani hurrying him with good reason. They had escaped the grasp of the Sanderson sisters once and expected to never need to do it again. This time they weren't children, a meal waiting to be devoured but she couldn't shake the fear that came over her once she fully realized what had occurred. While at the shop she'd been able to maintain her composure but now that Dani had reunited with her brother she'd gone off the rails. "Literally like she has been sleeping on ice since then," the redhead said in regards to the witch's appearance. "She wanted to find a hex for Billy, you don't think he would've done anything, right?" While Dani wouldn't expect their vampiric friend to have set free the woman he hated one could never be too sure. When it came to magic it could be a domino effect and set off without anyone even knowing. "How is it like even possible for them to come back without the candle?" She shook her head, knowing these were answers she wouldn't be coming to at the moment. "All I know is it was her."

It wasn't the best supply store Winifred had ever been to, but the magic shop she'd found in town, near Mary's own, had enough that would do, for now. She wasn't expecting to find much of her old, quality things in their own house; there must have been teenagers who'd snuck in over the years to take it from the ruins of when she assumed the two boys they'd locked up in the ceiling had been taken down. It was high time she started fresh, anyway--perhaps these new supplies would last her another three hundred years, and, by then, maybe she'd find a better place for replacement parts. Winnie was nothing without her book, of course: she had no idea where the Dennisons had hid it after they'd sent them back to the undead.

It was with the books behind a cage (likely because they were too dangerous for foolish mortals to use) that she spotted another bright red head of hair, one that reminded her a bit of herself when she was that age. "Have you seen any spell books in this section, perchance?" she asked innocently, hoping the girl would be knowledgeable enough to direct her before she had to go bother the prepubescent boy behind the counter. "I'm trying to see if I can figure out how to hex an ex-boyfriend of mine, you must understand."

Dani bopped her head to the music coming from her headphones, fingers dancing along the shelves as she restocked some of the latest returns. Most of the time it helped her avoid any unwanted social interactions, especially those idiots who came in here having no idea what the shop even was and needed a handholding explanation through magic. Her co-worker was scheduled to work the register which meant the redhead could escape into the back for most of the day, only needing to emerge to put things in their place. "Hm?" Dani asked pulling her headphones off so that she could give the customer full attention. "Oh, those are over-" She paused suddenly, being overcome with shock upon seeing the face she'd thought was gone for years now looking like it hadn't aged a day. So far she hadn't been recognized which to the redhead meant she needed to play it cool so as to not give it away. "You know, let me just show you. What did the idiot do?" Smalltalk wasn't usually her go-to, but in this situation playing a little extra dumb was the only thing that made sense. Dani only had a short period of time to work with, their destination not being more than ten feet away and she didn't want to waste it.