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Ash looked at her, and raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, me... too..." he said.

"So... YOU'RE suffering from this as well." he commented.

"Interesting." he muttered.

"Well, might easy to guess what YOU were up to last night, young lady." he then commented.

"Or, at the very least, this is a MASSIVE hint."

"Yep." Ryker agreed.

"On our own terms." he said.

"And we have a lot more to work with." he chuckled, as the aroma started to fill the surrounding area.

"And the weather won't matter, as we'll be prepared." he then declared.

"Anyway, already feeling better, eh?" he asked.

"....yeah." Ash muttered.

"Yeah, sure." he said further.

He then sighed again, and shook his head.

"Sorry to bug you like this." he apologised.

"Just wanted to see if everyone was okay here." he told her.

He then leaned back, and waited.

Waited for Kelly to join them.

Ash looked at Anna, and nodded.

"Cool." he said.

He then sighed, and sat down in a chair that was near him.

"....I don't exactly MIND being like this." he told her.

"...I just wish I didn't have PTSD looking up at Ashleigh from this height." he lamented.

"She's not her sister, but I see so much of her in her from this perspective."

Andrew just rolled his eyes.

'Got it.' he sent.

'And Lilly, no more outta YOU.' he warned his daughter.

He then looked at Kelly.

"Hey." he said.

"Your Dad's here to pick you up." he told her.

"Don't feel like you need to hang around here." he went on. "I'll mend. I always do." he laughed.

Andrew just laughed.

"It's okay." he said.

"And you say 'brutal', I say 'passionate'." he continued.

"Thankfully, at this point in my life, same thing." he chuckled.

'Yep. She is.' he then sent mentally.

'WHAT!?' Luke exclaimed in their mental conference call.

'A KID!?' he asked further.

'I'm fine, considering.' Andrew responded.

'Urgh...' Luke answered groggily. 'I'm fine. Dunno where Kelly is.' he admitted.

'She's in the bedroom with me.' Andrew told them.

'...I get the feeling I know why Ash is asking, though.' he then added, before wincing slightly.

"Careful." he said to Kelly.

"That leg's particularly tender."

Ash was a bit surprised at the vines, but sighed and kept his composure.

"Well... it's complicated." he said.

"Rogue magic is the reason for my current state." he told her.

"Came HERE to see if anyone else is affected." he continued.

"...also to come and get Kelly, bring her home." he then added.

"Anything strange been happening here?" he asked her.

Ash just shook his head.

"Hmph." he grunted.

Lindsay just laughed as well.

"Sure thing." he said. "Let's get some food made." he agreed, as they set to work.

Ash, meanwhile, thought for a moment.

"I'll be right back." he told them.

"I need to check on something." he said. He then concentrated for a moment, and disappeared in a burst of black flames... appearing on the table that was right next to him.

"....right. Need to concentrate harder." he mumbled. "Anyway, I'm going to concentrate harder and check in at the dradin's place." he informed them, concentrating even harder, and then disappearing once more... and this time appearing right beside a townhouse he was familiar with.

"Cool." he said, making his way to the front door and pressing the doorbell button.

Before anyone else could say anything, Lindsay stepped into the room.

"Seems the got moved from last time. Maybe." he said.

"Regardless, found them." he said further, going to Ash and handing them to him.

"Good." Ash responded, putting them on.

"Now I don't feel like a ticking time bomb." he mumbled.

"SO much better." he sighed, before climbing down off of Kitt... who promptly started to paw at him.

"...it's because of my mouse genes, isn't it." Ash said bluntly.

Kitt followed, but kept a speed where she was right behind Casey, with Ash holding on.

"...ok, yeah, this is pretty fun." Ash admitted, as they made their way downstairs.

"Ashleigh!" he called out.

"Pretty sure you felt that surge of mana before!" he went on.

"And I'm pretty sure you know WHY you felt it!" he continued.

"But we're here to pretty much confirm it." he then added with a small sigh, shaking his head slightly.

Just as Eke finished with the fire, Ryker brought the food over.

'Time to cook." he said.

"And yeah, the air IS clean here." he agreed.

"It's refreshing." he said further.

"Invigorating, even!"

Ash froze for a moment, and snapped a glare at her.

"Hey!" he exclaimed.

"Watch it!" he said to her.

"YOU'RE nothing more than a kitten now!" he told her.

"And mice can escape kittens easily!" he boasted, before pausing.

"Wait..." he muttered.

"...that... that sounded better in my head..." he admitted quietly.

Ryker just laughed.

"Yeah, seems so." he said.

"I think there might me coyotes around, but they should leave us alone." he went on.

"And yeah, this place IS sleepy." he admitted.

"I think we'll get a good night's rest here."