Oddly enough, once she became aware of our desire to escape, Imelda also came with us despite working for Healing Magic. She said it was to keep an ey... on Jukar, but mostly it was, I suspect, an attempt to get out of what was becoming a very claustrophobic and at times antagonistic cave. She was joined swiftly by Róisín, Abi, Brianna and Tu’tar as well as Arch when he could get away from Jemima, which wasn’t an easy task; then again, Jemima sometimes came with us too. I rather suspect Simone. And she didn't know yet about the rest of my notion.But the first part of it was working. I had gotten him to take a poke at a cop! With witnesses! Marcie might lie about herself, but I didn't see her lying about an assault on someone else.Now, you might probably wonder why even a stupid abusive drunk would mess with a cop. Well, it happens more than you might think. People don't grow up with the respect for cops that they did a couple of generations ago.And besides, Dan was a big arrogant. She gave a cry, then fell and landed hard. Elijah heard and ran to investigate. He saw Patience far below through the gap in the earth, scratched and bloody and holding her ankle. He fancied Patience, and while trying to find a way down to her, the ground gave way beneath him too, and he landed next to Patience. He was bruised and scratched. Their cries went unheard by the rest of the party. He carried her down to a shady area by the stream. As Patience's ankle healed, Elijah explored up and. Suffice it to say that we believe that this foreign power has learned to target Portals from the source by utilizing someone that is very familiar with the target location." Do you realize how fantastic that sounds? I was under the impression that the Mages themselves were emphatic about the nonexistence of mind-reading." Yes, well ... even Mages can be wrong." But about tenets that have been accepted for centuries?" You mean like the basic tenets behind the Draught?" Rennis said in a low.