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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3035801" data-attributes="member: 3448">Dame Brionna turned to Kit.  “Does the rat-lord look like the one who took Princess Anastasia?”“It looks somewhat similar, but some of the features were different.  I’m not sure that wasn’t just a rat-lord, without the demon part.”Alistair blinked.  “You don’t suppose that Anastasia was taken because of elven blood?”Dame Brionna shrugged.  “We need to consider the possibility.  Do we know if the Hanalian royal family has any non-human ancestors?”“I doubt it… Queen Thyastis’s emphasis on a human empire doesn’t make it likely.  And if she did have any non-human ancestors, elves wouldn’t be my first guess.  But there is the question of who her children’s father is.  My understanding is that most people agree that it’s not the Prince-Consort, but no one knows who their father is.”“So we have to keep worrying about the possibility, even though it was probably just politics,” Kit said.  “But we still need to figure out where they took Sparkle.”“What about the ring?” asked Dame Brionna.  “I think some psions can trace the people who’ve had an item.  It could give us a target to scry.”They asked the elven Farsensor if he would be willing to help.  The fact that the targets were elven children only made him more willing to assist.  The heavy gold ring rested on his outstretched palm.  “Yes… the rat-lord got the ring from a strong man, a warrior, a half-orc… the half-orc took the ring from a wizard, who made it.  The wizard died at the half-orc’s hand.”  He paused.  “There is no more I can read from this ring.”“Maybe we’re not being direct enough,” said Kit.  “Could you scry on a quarter-fae child named Sparkle Sutter?”“Where is she?  And do you have a mental image of her?”“Probably within the city.  Definitely not more than a few days travel out.  We have never met her, but her parish priest is here and knew her well.”“That should be within my power, then.  It is difficult to scry on one with only indirect information, but the fae blood should help.  With the close range, I should be able to find her as long as the priest can picture her clearly.”A few minutes later, the Farsensor nodded.  “I have her.  They are in … I do not know what it is.  Below ground, with a great deal of natural waste around, and moving water.  Below Pottersflat.”“In the sewers,” Kit said.  Seeing the Farsensor’s confused look, she explained what sewers were, leaving him quite horrified.“She is in this sewer.  The area is warded, both magically and psionically, although not sufficient to prevent me from reading it lightly.  Their psion is no more than master level, perhaps less.”“Are there other children there?”“Three others, all with strong elven blood.”“If it’s in the sewers, my people will have the most information,” said Kit.  She slipped out, returning a few minutes later with a man who looked extraordinarily uncomfortable.  He made a vague gesture of respect towards Alistair, ignored Dame Brionna completely, and waited for Kit’s question.</blockquote>

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