"He's gone silent!! And I can't even access the option for verbal output anymore!"

Dairine is still yelling, though with more of a desperate edge now that her sister is here. Sudden new worlds she can handle. Spot getting messed with? That put her immediately on edge. He was her friend! Also her Manual, which only heaped on a dozen other concerns onto the situation.

With past experience with Spot getting muted, it hadn't even occurred to Dair that he might not be the WizPod. Perhaps it's for the best.

She makes a sour face.

"Go figure. They'll probably not even bother to give us details."