Episode Title:
The Apprentice Witch and the People of Lapis
Episode Description:
Meg realises that in order to collect 1000 tears in one year she must collect at least three every day, plus the tears from Anna and Hendy cannot be used as they are a mixture of joy and sadness. Her friend Fine visits hoping Faust can repair her wristwatch. Faust diagnoses the Fairy powering the watch has grown weak and sends her to Zepeto, a watchmaker. Meg suggests Fine buy a modern watch, but Fine refuses as it belonged to her deceased grandfather. Zepeto informs them the fairy has died. Meg frees the fairy's spirit back into the cosmos so it might be reborn into another useful object. Meg visits the elderly Granny Flare and sees her enshrouded by black mist, a sign of the Reaper. Meg wants to save her but Faust reminds her saving herself from a curse and saving someone from old age are two very different things, and that witches should not interfere with fate. Meg stubbornly visits Flare hoping to save her, but makes no progress. Eventually, Meg accepts some fates cannot be changed so she seeks out Flare's son Ed, who often forgets to visit due to work, and reminds him to visit Flare with his wife and young daughter Lily. Flare spends the afternoon with her family before quietly passing away. Faust is proud Meg made Flare's final moments happy. Meg's bottle collects Flare's final tear of joy.
