I shook my head. "Perhaps, but we're still doing on a lot of guess work here." I sighed. "Which means it's time for me to hit the books, or at least the Internet. If nothing else, I need to figure out if I can create a potion to protect us."

"Anything I can do to help?"

"Give me a back rub when my shoulders start to seize up after all the mouse work?"

"I can do that," he said, affection suffusing his voice.

With that, I headed for the computer. It was going to be a long night.

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