wishes are curses tied up in string;

[wishrot]

aubrey byron windham; 'the little wasp'
wish; 'A shift in power.  A change in the hierarchy.'
granted; Aubrey's father has fallen suddenly ill with a disease no doctor can diagnose.

robin stonewell; fiancée to the second son
wish; promised but not-yet-made

deer-eyed lydia; the sister of reposing spring
wish; 'I would like, then, to wish Haydn might have all the music he wants in his life.'
not yet granted;