Ciroc was silent for a moment, before showing her his bracelet.

"This." he said.

"The magic kept outpouring from my body, causing others to lose control of their magic. Or mana." he told her.

"So this keeps that in check, allowing me to safely mingle with others." he went on.

"Our research and development department made it for him." Hal interjected.

"Not bad for short notice." he chuckled.

"Is there any way we can aid you?" Hal asked her.

"If Vyran is here, then we are just as invested in locating him as YOU are." he reasoned.

Ciroc just sighed quietly.

"We may need all the help we can get." he told Lyrei.

"And we should probably do it soon." he said further.

'...I wonder if Vyran's realised what I have...?' he then thought, looking at his bracelet again.

"...." Hal was silent as he heard that.

"Had his way with?" he asked.

"...can you please clarify?" he asked her.

"See... that phrase means something... quite nasty here." he told her further.

Ciroc was silent as well, before shaking his head.

"I'm pretty sure she means anyone Vyran may have tweaked or messed with, in terms of their minds." he said.

Ciroc's expression changed when he heard that the ice crux had fallen victim to Vyran. And he looked... angry.

"That lowlife... irredeemable..." he hissed, venom in his tone, before Hal cleared his throat.

"Possibly." he told her.

"We have several mages that are very good sensors, as well as scrying crystals of varying strengths." he said.

"However... might I ask about nature of YOUR mana?" he asked. "Or... well, magic." he clarified.

"Because I feel a strange... aura... about you."

Hal's eyes widened a little when he felt the temporary effect of the runes.

"...wow." he said.

"That is... amazing." he told her.

"And it seems extremely handy." he said further.

"Right." Ciroc said.

"We are going to find Vyran and drag him back to Adaminia." he commented. "And we will end his desires the very instant we take him back."

"Confirmation?" Ciroc asked.

"Back to the others, huh?" he asked further.

"Yes. Yes, that is the intention for now." he told her.

"Trust me, I want him out of our world as much as you want him back there so you can be rid of him." Hal told her.

"We'll do everything in our power to make sure of it." he vowed.

"..." Ciroc was then silent, before sighing quietly.

"Does she still think me dead?" he asked Lyrei.

"...." Ciroc paused for a moment, before pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Damn it all..." he muttered.

"I shouldn't have lingered in that village. I should have left as soon as my business was done there." he grumbled.

"Well, seeing as the strategy of 'hide from my daughter while pretending to be dead so she doesn't try and seek me out and lead Vyran to me' has failed, clearly, I have no choice but to show her I'm alive." he reasoned.

"...assuming I get the chance..." he then added quietly.

"You will." Hal interjected.

"We'll make SURE of it."

"Let's go to our R&D department." Hal said.

"See if we can't find a way to do." he told them, while pondering something.

He wondered if there was a way that they could do it... if his own mana could hone in on the man.

"Very well." Ciroc said.

"Lyrei, we have nothing to lose by letting them help us." he then told the woman.

"Come on, the sooner we set this into motion, the better."

Hal then rose to his feet.

"Come on then." he told them, as he grabbed the phone on his desk, dialing the R&D department. Specifically, Kiah's phone.

"I'm making my way down with Ciroc and a friend of his." he told her.

"Long story short, things became a lot more serious, and we'll explain when we get there." he finished.

Once Kiah confirmed she understood, the three of them left the office, making their way down to the R&D department, through the corridors, down the various stairs, until they reached the entrance to the department, which Hal let them all in with his card.

"If there's a way to find this Vyran, we'll do it." he told them, making not to let Hollie know of all this, ASAP.