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While awaiting Gavyn's recovery, the group find some things to do. Fix and Kadath visit the armorer to request a shield of obtanium. Forsythe watches over the estate, finding two scouts patrolling the estate. He finds a spot to listen and discovers they were ordered to watch the house by Pif Sernosk, but never told why.  Fix, Kadath, and Forsythe decide to test a few of the defenses and discover that he is able to transport through the plants into the wards.

Evangeline sits in Gavyn's room to work on her nanites. As she pulls equipment out of her bag, she discovers the nanites have duplicated uncontrollably.  While working on pulling some together to form a dagger blade, others managed to attach themselves to Gavyn's back, covering the wounds and continuing to spread up his spine.

Later, Evangeline and Kadath visit Giselle. Kadath informs her that the issue brought up in his previous reading has been identified and dealt with. He then asked about the possibility of having his crystals enchanted to become multidirectional scrying. Giselle gives him a few names including Finnel, Corinni, mages in the Ba-Adenu, and Meus from the City of Bridges that could help him. She then turned her attention to Evangeline and guided her in unlocking a bit of power from the crystal ball. As Evangeline focuses, she thinks about Gidna. Multiple images are shown in the crystal which Giselle confirms were most likely chronological as they get hazey further in the future.

Arias receives notice of a council meeting that she and Morgrim are expected to attend the next day. After the group get back together and share their findings, they decide to take a very visible trip to the Durkhal, then teleport back to the house unseen. While they were gone, Vanneth felt the wards being poked, but nothing concerning. He and Joyve discuss it once they all return.

As they all head to sleep, Fix felt strong emotions of sadness and determination. Recognizing the familial connection, he quickly determined this was from Gidna. He asked Philethis about the golden beetle and discovered the host must have a strong willpower in order to survive the control of the beetle. 

When they awake, all in the house make a plan. Arias and Morgrim go to the council meeting while everyone else stays at the house. Fix connected with his mother telepathically for rapid communication.
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Episode 68