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"What happened to him?"

"He disappeared - like a variant on Sue's trick, but not controlled. He landed in another world and dreamed his way to Milliways from there. Someone let him into Aurum and he told us about it, but then he woke up. They're - they have an alt of Chelsea."

"Get your mother. We're not opaque except Juliet," says Glass tightly.

Elspeth nods, leans back through the door, calls Golden on the brainphone. She's there in a moment, and then Elspeth says, "I'll tell Lizzie, too. The place is run by one of her alts."

[Grandma. Found a door. Found Shell Bell.]

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[Well, that's convenient,] says Lizzie, and she teleports to Elspeth.

"Are you coming? Do you want to know what's going on?" Elspeth asks Agent Honey.

"I would very much like to know what's going on!"

"Unagumented human?" Elspeth asks.

"Act like it," advises Aurora after a glance at Adularia.

Elspeth nods, and sends summary at human-tolerable speed.

It's still fast, and still nests within itself with fractal context for instant comprehension. (Addy was so pleased when she learned to do that.)

Harley (her fosterling, a Joker) went missing (like Sue, not controlled, like Glass said) (Elspeth tried and the attractor got him anyway) to another world (no name, has a Libby and a Chelsea (she's a monster, she does this thing)) and it's an empire (dead babies; mind control) run by the first with the aid of the second; Harley dreamed his way to Milliways (Jokers do that, when trapped...) and someone let him out their door and it was Aurum after all (and then she deprogrammed him (with her witchcraft; it is like this -) but she can only do it halfway (she can disillusion but not restore) and it was harder than Chelsea's work ever was to undo) (and his wolf woke (wolves are this thing)) and they did not realize he hadn't only teleported again, that he was dreaming, that he might wake, until he vanished (and Zeus screamed) - and it has been months since in Aurum and who knows how long in the other world.

And she wants him back and home and safe and to tear out everything Chelsa has put into his head and to ask Glass if that was enough, if the template has taken all the toll it needs to be satisfied.

Golden will shield them. Lizzie will talk to Aelise. Elspeth will get her fosterling back again.

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Matilda blinks.

"Excuse me," she says, "but do you think you could copy that to Adularia?" She taps the rectangular moonstone pendant hanging around her neck, which shimmers.

"Does she also need it that slowly?" asks Elspeth.

"I think that would be safest for now, pending a controlled test," says Matilda.

Elspeth nods, and starts sending, again.

She waves impatiently at Shell Bell.

Shell Bell moves for the door. She flares. She concentrates, hard.

Adularia shimmers, then expands into a large, closed book with a sky-blue cover, which Agent Honey hugs against her stomach. If Aurora has her threat sensor out, it may note that Matilda is now prepared to get into some serious shit.

Aurora does have her threat sensor out. All the Bells have their auras out; hers and Shell Bell's unflavored and Glass's just barely sylvan, Juliet dripping flames and hazard, Golden every inch a vampire half stillness half speed.

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