"It's a theory, albeit one that requires further investigation. I know better than to ask you how you do your magic, and it's more fun to guess anyway," she says, grinning.

"And what is the 'next bit'?" she wonders. "Will this be the secretive war room from which you watch your machinations in the next Jaunt unfold, cackling at the incomprehension of your pawns as your opponent falls to your subtle gambits?"