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Cailin has left to talk with the bug brains. Jean approaches Celeste in House Hendrake and asks her to help trump him to a place where he can hunt the Easter Bunny. Jean implicates Ilk in the bunny conspiracy; Celeste trumps the Ilk in Norton for confirmation. Ilk fails to be helpful.
Jean pulls Cassandra into the contact. Cassandra is irritated upon discovering that the contact is from outside Pearl. Celeste backpedals frantically and denies any ability to help Jean, and refuses to help even if she could. She breaks off the trump contact.
Cassandra interrogates Jean regarding his existence in Pearl.
Cassandra trumps Corwin and starts explaining Jean's situation. Corwin is busily removing tar from his carpet - he's apparently had a falling-out with his most recent lady-love. Reminiscing of times in Norton's head occurs. Corwin delegates "the Jean problem" to his daughter. Corwin and Cassandra discuss Patterns, searches, and Malachai.
Cassandra continues her interrogation of Jean while waiting for Cailin to return. She fails to receive answers that she finds satisfactory.
Cailin has been zipping along at over two hundred kph on the back of worker bugs, being passed from one bug to another. He still hasn't reached the brain bugs.
The ground starts shaking as a bunny hops towards them. Cassandra sends a White Company scout off to the surface to determine the location of the incoming bunny. The entire group follows at a reasonably fast march, with the exception of Jean, who hops along beside them. The scout returns and says that the bunny is dragging the body of a human this way, and will be directly overhead in two minutes. There are also a number of werewolves clustered around the entrance to this burrow.
Jean makes a hole that-away through the tunnels.
Neville walks up to the meeting point where Norton, Jean, and an tendri'd Ilk are chatting, and a Boba Frog is bouncing. Ilk solidifies behind a screen. Frog discussions ensue. Jean contacts Celeste, who agrees to draw a trump for Boba Frog, but wants the frog bought to her.
Celeste notices a massive magical gate being opened outside the house. Mecha-Jean comes through first, followed by several smaller things.
Cailin reaches a bloated, nasty looking thing. He puts up a dim red light, and the creature backs up a bit. Cailin reaches out to make physical contact with the brain bug, and a warrior moves a nasty-looking weapon between them. Cailin backs off, touches a worker, and makes mental contact with the brain.
Identity-related confusion occurs.
Cailin gives a message to one of the workers; it carries the message off to Cassandra. She picks up the note; it's in Cailin's handwriting. Cassandra creates fire and reads it. "Danger if you leave the hole - Cailin" She sighs. The mob heads back down the main corridor away from the entrance.
The bunny is sniffing at the mouth of the hole and ignoring the werewolves that are tearing at it.
Messages are passed back and forth between Cassandra and Cailin. They are determined to be outnumbered.
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