Ah! I thought you might have read Rorschach! If you've ever read Nonjon's works, his Where in the World trilogy has Luna owning a Snorkack called Rorschac! I had wondered if you were going to use the snipers in this story. I'm not surprised you did. Are you going to bring the Old Believers, or the International more fully into this story?
Author's response
And she has a baby snorkack called Hermione (the anti-social one, whose siblings might eat it). No, no Old Believers, but there will be a few scenes at the end set at the California School of Magics. And no snipers, the reference was made to give a bow to the fun writings of Rorschach, as will another bit in a few chapters.
"T"