Now? [ Her voice catches, and Max hates that it's not just from fear, but excitement.

She doesn't want to feel excited about this. It hurts to. Like poisonous anticipation.

And then she nods, and pulls Basil along by the hand, down the hall, heading for the stairs. ]

It's- gonna be kind of weird this time— [ She says, as if any time she's accompanied him on his hunts has been not weird. ] I have these things, rings of mushrooms, and- we have to...get someone to them, before I can...finish it. At least, that's how Faeries work.