"Yes, Auntie Jane, I remembered to check in on the twins for Mom. They're fine, just charming their through Scotland at the moment. They'll be back by the weekend unless they fall in love with twin Scotsmen, which isn't likely unless they run into ones like the ones in that time-traveling show," Charlie said, rolling her eyes.

The stereo system took that opportunity to plunge into a loud rendition of bagpipe music, which gave Charlie the perfect excuse to end the call.

Then she charmed herself some noise buffering from the bagpipe music.