Yeah, presumably you have to be there in-person to work your magic. The girl’s named Ennaris Tavane. They’re all being kept at the dockside apartments.

[ Who better than the mind control specialist to find out if there’s been mind control afoot? It’s an uncomfortable truth, but an efficient one. At her question, though, Stephen hesitates. He can’t tell which one she’d prefer. ]

—And only if you want me to be.

I won’t insist on being there. It might be a distraction to you both if I’m lurking in the room. But I could wait outside with some Ibuprofen, if need be. [ A beat. ] As backup, too, in case something goes wrong.