” As usual Helen was keen to comfort her sister and gently linked her fingers into hers and squeezed them reassuringly. “You do miss him don’t ...ou?” Rose bit her lip. “If only I knew where...” She looked beseechingly at her sister for reassurance. Alan had been part of the British Expeditionary Force that had been surrounded, and then rescued at Dunkirk earlier that year. However she had heard he was one of those asked to fight a rearguard action so that the rest could escape and he had. I deftly fastened the clown's nose/ball gag as a precaution but not before she uttered an incantation. But, what kind of spell did she summon?The answer came quickly as in a bright flash of orange light a riding crop appeared, levitating above us. As it swished magically through the air it began to play Devo's 'Whip it.' The symbolism was not lost on me so grabbing it I brought it down on her bare bottom with the power of a Keith Moon drum solo. It was obvious she was getting into it. After. Naangal iruvarum bhothaiyil irunthathaal innum sugathai thaangi kola mudiyaamal oothu konde irunthom. Sirithu neram avalin thalaiyai irukamaaga pidithu kondu sunniyai thondaiyil vittu ooka aarambithen aval amaithiyaaga vaaiyai ooka kanbithaal. Naan nandraaga thalaiyai pidithu kondu sunniyai vittu oothen.Pinbu ena than vaaiyil sunniyai vittu oothalum, kuthiyil oopathu thaan innum sugamaaga irunthathu, naan meendrum avalin kuthiyil sunniyai vittu ooka aarambithen. Naangal iruvarum ore uyarathil. That however has changed with the information we are getting here.”“Anything on their Adept?” I asked.“No, John. He and his senior staff are protected against scanning from this creature, though if we were to use brute force, we could do it.”“Let’s not, that would leave evidence behind.”“It would indeed, John.”It was almost an hour later that the three Seers confirmed that both the creature and any Orcs that they could safely scan within the base had been drained dry.“We can fool it into.