#fenixtj

Before those twenty minutes are done, Brekke returns through the trod, a book in hand.

Mitra bows "Good timing, Chief. Would you like to be the one that wakes her?"

"She truly slept?" A sight grin. "No, I will ask you to do that, please, Baroness."

"Or another. But I think she would be too embarrassed if I were to send her to sleep and wake her, both."

"Well, she'll think I gave her 30 minutes, but the 10 minutes she spent tossing about didn't count" Mitra smiles and knocks gently on Jessica's door

Brekke nods and returns to the study where they were last discussing the symbol.

"I'm Awake!!" her voice is a little foggy.

"May I come in?"

"Just a minute....." some sounds "Ok."

She comes in, looking like an indulgent grand aunt

There's a good chance Jessie washed her face before she granted entry. Her bed shows signs of napping on top of the covers. Her maul is in its cradle. She's holding some kind of statue tucked under her arm. "Is my mom back?"

"Yes, she is. I think she went to the study"

In the study, Brekke opens the book to the page with the symbol, and puts the text of Vali's prediction next to it.

"Ok." and Jessie marches in that direction.

And in the study, Constance salutes, then looks over itt

"Interesting... we had Tito Woden, he's our seer, look over the symbol and he mentioned it was used by tricksters to blind"

"To blind? Then...why the age changes?"

Mitra speaks up as she and Jessie return, answering the question "I was using backwards glance to see. that's Chronos, annd to disrrupt the spell, the counter trap diverted the energies randomly. "

"Ah. That makes more sense." A nod. Then she looks to Jessica. "You look more rested."

"Hi, everyone." Jessie says "Thank you." to Brekke "Did you find out anything about who put the trap there?"

"A bit." She indicates the book. "The Mountain had a vision; it is there, too. It seems that it may be the Shadow Court."

"Mitra, can you go check on Ellie? Let Dame Ash know, please." Jessie says seriously as she goes to climb up and look at the book.

"And someone ask Phobos to come here?"

"Impossible "Mitra says drily "the shadow Court is now just pro commoner rights. Ask them" then at the request "I checked on Ellie while you slept. She's fine. "

Constannce goes to get Phobos

A brow at Mitra. Eiluned sarcasm is irritating...but not overly so.

"And Dame Ash knows. She is worried for us, but she knows" A beat "did you want private time wiht yourr mother for a moment? "

"What?" Jessie looks puzzled, then to Brekke "Did you need me?"

A blink. She looks equally puzzled. "I think we are fine."

Jessie nods and asks "What did Un.. Vali... Mountain Vali say?"

"Nevermind, clearly I misread somethig"

Phobos comes in "Yeah?"

Brekke summarizes Vali's explanation.

"What happened at the townhall might have been caused by the Shadow Court. Can you check on and firm up security all over?"

"Mitra, do you need to go back to the Pitt?"

Mitra reads ""And I beheld a Kestrel reach for a sparkler to light the show, only it was dynamite. Placed by shadow to sow blood of gold versus bronze. And Lo, the Kestrel came close to her last flight... but the Elder Shield scooped her and baptised her... then did she take the Sword with Moon Hilt to search, and Kronos' scythe swing... once, twice... CRACK... as it hit a stone meant to foil. Spring to the Summer Giant, Autumn to the Summer Elf. The shadows would regret this, for good might yet come of it" then "I called in. Abuela knows"

Jessie looks at Mitra for a long moment.

"I understand some of this, I think. I do not understand the stone. Nor how good might come of this."

"the stone was probably the Counter charm, it's probably iscribed on a wall or loose rock" Mira ponders ,then meets Jessi's gaze "I didn't tell her you were young, just that I might be needed here, Countess"

Brekke nods understanding. Then a grumble. "Shadow Court."

"Which is fine. Just processing Vali's vision."

A wilder troll lad witth ornate occul garb enters. A wilder, in his mid teens it looks like. "Your seer is on the case"

Phobos comes in "he followed me"

A trollish salute to the boy. "Tito Woden."

Tito returns it "Chieftain"