" Traveler's in need?" asked Ororo."Most of us are stuck here," said Linda."Stuck here?" asked Kitty."From other dimensions, like you," explained Zata...na."Like us?" asked Jennifer. I briefly wondered if it really was that common for people to ask questions by repeating the end of a sentence with a slightly raised tone of voice."A lot of us are from different universes," explained Blossom. "The physical laws in this world don't allow for our powers or super-science to work properly, so we can't. I can get you money – just let me go and I won’t tell anyone. Please.” Claire sounded desperate, her voice cracking with the strain.Cathan said nothing. He slowly padded around her, careful not to make any noise, and bent down. He grabbed an ankle and stood up, putting Claire totally off balance and preventing her from kicking him. He snapped a manacle on the ankle and chained it to a bolt in the floor. He did the same with the other foot, spreading her legs about 3 feet apart. The. At that point she said…”Sid, I better go …will catch up later” So she left me hanging outside the door.I went back to my unit and stood by the balcony to see she would come outside…she never did. I was so heated up. 3 times to the bathroom didn’t help. Finally about 8 pm when the lights were on, I could see that she was staring from her unit…all I could see was that she was wearing a satin teddy…bright red…I turned on my living room lights and turned it off 3 times….waiting to see the response. After some immeasurable time I felt the boundaries between myself and the spirit world weaken. I sensed my shield against evil dreams, and once again was appalled at its weakness. Feeling hopeful, I sought to seek the magic flows to recast it.The magic still felt weak and foreign to me, but I was slowly getting accustomed to it. The flows were less sharp, weaker than in my experience as Leshada, but as I focused deeper I saw that there were more of them. Or perhaps they were more evenly.