"Disastrous or brilliant. I don't know yet, but I've got a feeling that it'll be something," he says, pausing for a moment to gather his thoughts. "One of the staff here, I met him briefly in Bete Noire, he, ah, he's a wizard of a very different tradition and seems to be willing to work with me a bit. He might have some ideas about what I can do to...to, maybe, recover a bit more or not."

"Worth a shot, I figure."