"He has influence ... well, so do I, and unless I miss my guess, very soon so will you, Master and Mistress Grimes." Wait, I'm not-" Harry, I think th...s is one of those areas that you let me handle," Margo said."Andre!" Madame Cornelius called to the large man standing in the shadows. "Fire up that infernal contraption ... the prospect of dealing with Laney, by appointment or without, has agitated me. I require smoke."Andre loaded a pipe bowl inside a modified diving helmet that was attached. Standing before me was my love, my Marina. Her body was covered in a bright silver skin but her face, her hair…there was no mistaking it. Every fiber of my being could not comprehend this…it…she was an artificial creation but it was her, it was my Marina.She seemed to hesitate and then stopped just a few feet in front of me. I started to reach out, wanting to touch her face. I needed to touch the face of my love one more time. She knocked my hand aside with surprising little force. I knew. You do that on purpose, don't you?"Don't speak!!!" I yelled into her ear as she began to stammer a reply. "I warned you!"I grabbed her hair through the hood, yanking down and back, forcing her head back and her mouth open. I pulled the ball gag from my bag and crammed the ball into her mouth, the hood still over it as well, knowing that the combination of cloth over the ball gag would make the gagging even more unpleasant. I buckled the gag behind her head, effectively strapping the hood into. " As he said this, he interposedhimself between the monster and his cowering catch. He took rope from his knapsack,cut five lengths of the stuff, and bound each trembling girl's hands tightlybehind her back. (Witches must obey every command of the one who binds them;there would be no more mad dashes tonight.) "Good work," he saidto the dog. "Now it's off to your corner for a well-earned rest." Thethree faces gazed at him with reproachful disappointment, but the beast didas he was told. One of.