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"Hear, hear," Gabe said, and lifted his uess even shifters with flasks needed coffee sometimes

"In that case," Ethan said, "I believe our Ombuddies have an update And one honorary Ombuddy," he said as Mallory, Jeff, and Catcher stepped to the front of the room

"Clicker?" Jeff said, and Luc tossed the screen ree view screen

"So, Mallory and Catcher figured a sorcerer who’s taken the ti to explain what to do when things go bad"

"When the Egregore acts out," Gabe said

"Exactly Since we’re short on ti details Suffice it to say, while we snoozed, the prograeregore"

"Like a Lego pattern in reverse," Mallory said

"Kind of like that," Jeff said with a sic pretty on’s scales, and they’re very hard to permeate At least part of that is because of its nature, the fact that it’s a creature born of th, the Egregore has a certain resiliency"

"So we’re out of luck?" Morgan asked

"Not entirely," Jeff said, and held up the remote "Because of this"

A blocky white sword filled the screen

"A Lego sword?" Scott Grey asked, eyebrow cocked

"Not Lego," Jeff said with a smile, and zoomed in "Just reordered"

It wasn’t a sword made of blocks; it was a swordfoldouts, carefully organized into this new shape

"Co hours," Jeff said "And when you look at the illustration unlocked by this et this" He held up the reain

This ti of a sleek, two-handed broadsith a gleauard Below the sword lay the split body of the ore

"It explains how to enhance a sword to increase its potency against the Egregore," Jeff said, bea story short, each hit will do e than it ordinarily would"

"As we fight with swords," Ethan said, "a very handy solution"

"Handy," Catcher agreed, "but not infallible Presuic works the way Portnoy has laid it out, you’d still be facing a ic monster with increased, as Jeff said, resiliency It won’t be easy to bring down even with a ic sword"

"I’ll wield the blade," Ethan said

I gave him my most Masterly look "You most certainly will not I’m Sentinel of this House I’ll wield it"

There was nothing especially pleasant in Ethan’s eyes "I don’t doubt your prowess I do have concerns about sending my wife into a battle with the only sword"

"So I’ll enchant more than one"