Editing List of BHI Students (section)

==Talia Graubard ==
''Main article: [[Talia Graubard]]''

2020 freshman, eleven,<ref name=":3" /> brown hair with blonde highlights.<ref name=":7">Verona could use that to identify Talia, who had brown hair with 
blonde highlights framing her face, standing beside a doll that was the 
same height and proportions as her. She had her hands on the shoulders 
of an even younger girl, who hugged a stuffed elephant. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/01/leaving-a-mark-4-5/ excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.5]]</ref> A beginner [[Dollmaker]].<ref name=":1" />

Accompanied everywhere by her [[familiar]], a [[Canopic Doll]] named Effy that her mother threatened to replace her with. They were raised together, but - both fearing they would be the one her mother found wanting - Talia secretly [[awakened]] and they performed the familiar ritual together.<ref>“My mom made Effy on the day I was born,” Talia said. She didn’t 
look so bothered to be in front of the class. Avery only liked to be in
 front of people when playing sports. “She said if I wasn’t 
satisfactory as a daughter, Effy would drag out my guts, put them inside
 herself, take my blood and skin to seal up the doll joints, and replace
 me.”<br><br>
Avery looked around the room, to try to judge why people weren’t <em>freaking out</em>, but the most she saw was serious concern here and there.<br><br>
“Hmm,” Ray made a sound.<br><br>
“The way a canopic doll works, especially if it’s raised alongside 
someone, given a birthday every time I had a birthday, with parts 
replaced to match my height and shape and stuff as I grew up, ummm, when
 it harvests, it can become human, after. She could become <em>me</em>. 
 I awoke on my own, secretly, then I talked to Effy, and neither of us 
were sure if my mom would keep me or Effy. So we agreed she’d be my 
familiar. That way my mom would have to keep us both or destroy us 
both.”<br><br>“Very clever,” Mr. Sunshine said.<br><br>Talia smiled. “My mom thought so. Things have been so nice ever since. I think she was proud I thought of it.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/08 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.7]]</ref> It's roughly the same height and proportions as her,<ref name=":1" /> but can't become an animal.<ref>“The power finds its balance. Talia would naturally give Effy some 
of her power over time, until they were even. Then they would recover 
together. Eating well, sleeping well, and taking care of needs as human
 or Other help that recovery. Can Effy become an animal?”
<br><br>
Talia shook her head.
<br><br>
“The partnership of master and familiar is often a reprieve for the 
Other. Temporary freedom from needs, demands, work, or anything else. 
If Effy required a regular supply of blood and oil, as some dolls do-”
<br><br>
“I don’t.”
<br><br>
“But if you did, Effy, then you wouldn’t require it while you’re a 
familiar. You get your sustenance from your master or partner. If you 
had a lifespan, it would be put on pause. Of course, needier others 
have a heavier drain on their master.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/09/08/leaving-a-mark-4-7/ excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.7]]</ref>

She has a little sister with an animated stuffed elephant, too young to attend.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>A man with longer, wavy hair he’d partially straightened, with red sunglasses, was sitting on the stairs, talking to a younger girl with a stuffed elephant that was moving its head around. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/08/29/leaving-a-mark-4-4/ excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.4]]</ref>