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“Four at once?” Kit asks, “I mean, I know you’re sure, but are you sure?”
“The Manual does tend to be fairly reliable” Tom says dryly, “But I think you really want to be focusing on is the next bit. The bit with the aliens.”
“I mean, alien is such a relative term-” Kit starts, and grins when Nita raises an eyebrow at him.
“And you want us to go in after them like we did with Darryl?” Nita says. “All of them? Including the- uh-” Nita glances at the terrifyingly detailed summary in Tom’s enormous Manual, “‘anywhere from twelve to twenty-eight sentient beings of undetermined species’, all of whom might be also undergoing Ordeal?”
“Possibly a bit different than with Darryl,” Tom says, and Kit huffs something that sounds a bit like ‘understatement’. “-But this Ordeal has seriously gone off the rails, and it’s important to the Powers that something be done. Look over the précis in your own Manuals, and be ready to leave early tomorrow. Bring anyone you think might be useful- I have the feeling you’ll be needing all the help you can get. “