“I'm still looking for that whirlpool in a pint, Laddie.” The big Druid looked across at Sionann. “What about you, young lady? Any concerns about following this daft fool in there?” “Just that I'm becoming daft, too, Finn.” She shook her head. Culann half-turned to look over his shoulder. “Anyone want to turn back? Perfectly all right to do so. We're about to walk into a phenomenon not known to human kind, one that can't possibly exist by any laws of physics we know.” “If it's not possible within the laws of physics,” Procter Gwrtheyrn Jézéquel said, “then it must have been manifested through magic.” She looked eager to proceed. “Río, Nia, Lew? You've no stake here, no Druidic reputation to uphold. Not that I do either, but I'm lead investigator. And Lew, there's no consequence to stay

