'Tina, I got you a coffee.'

'Thanks, Achilles, you didn't have to do that,' Tina said without looking up from her work.

Achilles hesitated for a moment, then, seeing that Tina's eyes never strayed from the parchment, he turned and left. He was still lighter on his feet than usual, but at least he was walking again rather than floating.

During his three days of levitation, most of his colleagues had dared go near him, fearing it was contagious. Only Tina had approached with a coffee and a shy smile each morning, and ever since his feet had touched the ground again, he followed her around like a little puppy. He didn't know that Tina was only being nice because she was feeling guilty on Newt's behalf, letting that evasive Billywig fly free in New York.

Tina paused from her paperwork and took a sip of the coffee that Achilles had left for her. It was searing hot and perfectly aromatic. She breathed a sigh of satisfaction and vaguely wondered how her sister's visit to the bakery was going.

Several hours later, Tina trudged up the stairs to her apartment, exchanging the usual declarations of solitude with Mrs Esposito along the way. She paused at the door, not sure what she would find inside. Would Queenie be in there, curled into a ball of despair and flooded with the tangled thoughts of everyone downstairs on the street?

Taking a deep breath, Tina pushed open the door and there she was. Queenie, radiant and beaming, her wand dancing in the air as she tossed carrots and peas into her frying pan.

'You needn't have worried, Teenie,' she said, flashing a smile at her sister. 'I'm happier than ever.'

'Good to see you, Tina!' Jacob, beaming with a smile almost as wide as Queenie's, rose from his seat at the table to greet Tina with open arms.

'You remember!'

Jacob grinned as he tossed Tina's bag onto the couch and hung her coat up for her. 'Took a while for the gears to set into place, but I got there in the end! Soon as I saw your lovely sister, all the fragmented memories all came together.'

'Well, it's great to have you back, Jacob.' Tina surprised even herself with the sincerity of her words. There was a momentary silence while both she and Jacob fished for an appropriate thing to say next, but they were saved by Queenie's call for dinner.

'We can eat now, you too. Don't forget to wash your hands, Teen.'

Tina quickly rinsed her hands in the bathroom and returned to take her seat at the dining table, where Queenie was already enchanting the pot and ladle to serve soup to each of them. Jacob had tucked a napkin into his collar and was inhaling the scent of Queenie's cooking.

'Oh, that's sweet, honey,' Queenie said to him. 'It's just a simple recipe, really.'

Sensing she could be in for an evening of puppy eyes and one-sided conversation, Tina decided she'd better get straight into business. 'So has Queenie told you about the situation, Jacob?'

Jacob nodded. 'Yeah, some Willybig has been going 'round stinging people and making 'em float. And we gotta catch it before it gets Newt into trouble.'

'A Billywig, honey,' Queenie corrected, but Tina was already nodding approvingly. Queenie must have briefed him well.

'Jacob has an idea about the emus too, don't you, honey?'

Jacob nodded again and swallowed a mouthful of soup. 'When Newt and I went after the rhino-thing...the Erumpent...there were ostriches escaping from Central Park Zoo. Now, I was thinking, right? So the Billywig is native to Australia, where the big birds are the emus. We ain't got none of them 'round here, but we do have big birds. Who's to say the Billywig wouldn't prefer ostriches if there were any of them down under?'

Tina nodded slowly, digesting this information. It made sense to her. Jacob was a clever man.

'Sounds good. We'll just need to find the ostrich enclosure at the zoo, cast arresto momentum and wait for the Billywig. Jacob, do you know where to find the ostriches?'

Jacob nodded as he chewed some of the chicken that Queenie's spatula was pushing onto his plate. He swallowed. 'Ran into them when I was with Newt.'

'It's quite the story, Teenie,' Queenie interrupted. 'Jacob and Newt went on quite the adventure catching the Erumpent.'

Tina raised her eyebrows, her mouth also full of chicken. Jacob grinned at the sparkle in Queenie's eyes and began to tell his tale. Both girls listened intently, even though Queenie had already pulled the whole story out of his head.

Jacob spoke uninterrupted until he began describing Newt's mating dance. At this point, Queenie burst into giggles and Tina was fighting hard not to laugh. The mental image of Newt's graceful Erumpent movements was becoming too much.

'So he's almost got her in the case, but then something startles me and I spill the Erumpent musk. And suddenly it's chasing after me and I'm running fast as I can over the ice. I glanced back to see where Newt was, you know, 'cos I figured he could probably magic some help for me, but he seemed to have gotten his wand stolen by the monkeys.'

The wand-stealing monkey was the final straw for Tina, who collapsed into giggles too. Jacob was also laughing as he continued, 'Anyway, I only got a glimpse of him because I was running for my life, you know, climbed up a tree. Then Newt finally caught up and sucked the Erumpent back into his case.'

Even between the giggles, Tina couldn't help but realise how incredibly dangerous that 'adventure' had been. Jacob told the story in such a self-effacing way, but in reality he must have been very brave and very scared to be racing across the frozen river with a gigantic horned beast on the hunt. Tina was beginning to think more and more highly of Jacob. Maybe he mightbe good enough for Queenie.

Queenie, of course, caught onto this last thought and winked at Tina. They'd finished eating by this point, so Queenie stood up and began to Summon the dishes to the sink.

'It's quite the tale,' Tina said to Jacob. 'Are you gonna come with us to catch the Billywig?'

'Are you kidding? 'Course I am. Part of the gang, now, eh?'

'You absolutely are!' Queenie said from the kitchen sink.

Tina was nodding too. 'Thank you, Jacob. I saw we get a couple of hours sleep and head out a little after midnight.'

'Tonight, Teen?' Queenie sounded surprised. She evidently hadn't expect her sister to dive into an operation so suddenly.

'The sooner the better, Queenie,' Tina said, as Jacob rubbed his hands together in anticipation, excited to be part of the magical world again. Besides, Tina thought, the longer we leave it, the more likely it is to cause trouble for Newt. I can't have that.

'Of course you can't, Teen,' Queenie said, so quietly that neither of the other two could hear. 'You'd do anything for Newt.'