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He waved his hand, and two cups appeared on uest chair "I don’t believe we’ve met I’m Dan, one of Sanized you fro to our assistance"

He grinned "Your grandmother had it under control Not that you were ever in real danger We had your back" His grin faded, and he said, "Now, about Perdita How long has it been since you’ve heard frouess it was at the end of the day before yesterday There’s been no anshen I’ve called"

"Do you have any idea of her politics?"

"I’m not sure she has any She’s not that serious abouthere even after the anti-wizard propaganda aan" I hesitated, not sure I should tell hiured there was no additional harm done at this point "She shared the flyer about the wizards withthat I didn’t tell anyone, and no one was here to see it" I hesitated one ured that the more the security teaullible She fell for so and rumors last summer, and it took some work to convince her that Oasn’t evil--even before the word about his parents got out Just the earlier rumors made her doubt So it’s not outside the real that she ended up believing and she’s staying aillingly"

He made a note in his notebook "Do you think that’s likely?"

"I’d hope she’d at least ask h a lot since then My gut says that’s not what’s happened"

"And I’ve heard good things about your gut," he said with a grin "Sam is very co people are in danger, do you?"

"We have no idea It’s not like we’re finding elf bodies in Du up in the river We have a few leads, and the et, the better our leads are"

"Thanks"

He flipped his notebook closed and stood "Thank you for your ti or hear anything"

I proed for a break when in the thick ofon the sidelines orse I couldn’t do anything useful, and it wasn’t as though I wasuse of the tis I said I’d do if I got the ti track, Rod had left ical theory and was better at breaking down the theory in a way that made sense even if I couldn’t try it out Because of the time he’d spent without powers, he also had a better understanding of what it was like to studyabout ive me ae met in his office instead of in the secret classroom He said that way he’d have access to all his reference books, but I figured it also ot other work done while I was studying,ti forfroh some of the more useful theories that underlie most spells," he said "And here are some spells to learn You’ll have totheestures separately and you should be okay" He grinned "And no, you won’t turn yourself or anyone else into a frog if you slip The only haric Letaboutaround the roo a bunch of old books? Not so ed, though it was difficult to pay attention when hts of ical powers, and my hopes for weekend plans

It ith some amuseic Scouts Handbook It looked a lot liketo tie knots and start caic Scouts learned to do basic spells that tied and untied knots and started or quenched fires "Magic Scouts?" I asked, raising an eyebrow