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The Pieces Begin to Cohan sat on the laith Ms Morning, Mr Appleblossom, and Gunnar Haluki They had much to discuss

"Is it too soon to be concerned about Alex and the ship?" Ms Morning asked "Shall I send another seek spell?"

"It ht be just a little pre iambic pentameter speech "And we don’t want to worry them, do we? I’ll visit poste d’observateur to check if there is any ship out there to see"

Meghan flashed Ms Morning a curious glance

Ms Morning smiled and explained, "Ever since he cliet enough cli the mansion rooftop daily to watch for Alex He calls it his observer position"

Mr Appleblosso

"Poste d’observateur," Ms Morning said carefully, trying not to e"

Mr Appleblossom beamed

"What, from another island you mean?" asked Gunnar

"Another island or another world, it is unknown; the truth remains unfurled" He pointed to the book on the table next to hiotten from the vessel that crashed into the sea near Artihan proht I think if we send another seek spell it’ll make us seem like we’re in scads of trouble when all we really want is to let Carina know about herdeal too, of course But we’ve only used that spell in ti the worst We don’t want theet back here"

"All right, we’ll wait," said Ms Morning "Nohat is this I hear about you going into Quill? Did you see your parents?"

Meghan scowled in the direction of the girrinos, who apparently couldn’t keep a secret "Not exactly," she said She knew Ms Morning would be mad if she found out what had happened at the palace with Aaron and Gondoleery Rattrapp It had been reckless of Meghan to go there alone, and she could have gotten killed "I just, um, went for a walk like my brother often does When he’s here, that is Obviously"

Ms Morning, seely distracted, accepted the explanation She looked at Gunnar "I’m still not sure what to think about Eva Fathom Do you believe what she said? That she was on our side?"