Teaguewater was only a single city in a much wider world, whose name was Merreck. There were many reasons for the Farfinder not to go to Teaguewater, and to land somewhere else instead, with the giant mind control tower being the biggest obstacle to any kind of diplomatic overture.Still, it was the place they had the most intel about, and Perry thought that second sphere would give him a decent chance of resisting the effect. Maybe his accumulated knowledge about being a werewolf would protect him too: there was supposed to be something in the megaglamour that shielded those who had been steeped in the Custom.They landed the ship a good distance from the city, in a small clearing of a stretch of untouched woodlands.“Are we really dealing with another king, sir?” asked Marchand.“Unfortunately, yes,” said Perry. “Though the Jade Council has much more in common with Markat. Ideally, we meet with both, and see how things have shaken out since I left, and I don’t forget that I’m a werewolf.”This time it was Dirk that stayed back with the ship. It didn’t need guarding, per se, as it had its own sensors and could be piloted by Marchand, but Dirk preferred to be the voice in their ears, not potentially subject to having his knowledge of the world suppressed. The tower, he pointed out, was untested on people from other worlds, and Dirk knew many things that he’d really prefer to keep knowing. Eggy had stayed with him, because she was still learning magic — the majority of the Loop had access to the magic practiced in Seraphinus, as Perry had brought (...)