"I always liked you, I just also wanted to break you. It's easier now that I just want one."

"Do you have any idea what they wanted to do with evil us? Or it wasn't anything specific?"

"There's a lot you can do with powerful witches on your side, but mostly they wanted take you away from Good. There was no guarantee we'd get all three, and I think they were less sure of it than I was. If they got just one, it would be enough to break the Power of Three."

"Beyond repair or for this generation?"

Attic, here it is. Presumably with the book of shadows.

"This generation, which would be enough."

"Grand. I can't wait the years of paranoia and thinking about the trade offs of having my children or not."

"Our ancestors managed through many generations. I'm not saying it isn't worrying, but we are at least proof that is doable."

Is the book going to cooperate with giving information about who could have possibly killed the other witches?

"The Halliwells haven't had the Power of Three in a while. It doesn't stay in one family, but it has to be three powerful witches, all related. That usually puts a damper on things, if we have anything to say about it."

"I'm noticing the trend. Huh, if you and Felicia have children are they going to get any extra power from you?"

Felicia facepalms.

"If anyone's curious about it, I can clear it up. They won't inherit anything from me. I mean, they'll be guaranteed to be witches, not like if I was just a mortal, but they won't have any link to my side of the family. Warlocks give that up when we become what we are."

"Okay, useful information, can we talk about that subject later?"

"Sure. Whatever you want."

There's the sound of chimes outside their door, and immediately, a knock.

"...I will go get that."

Hey look it's this guy.

"So, I realized we should probably have a better way for me to get in touch with you than just showing up unannounced."

"Come in. Yes, that sounds reasonable."

"There are spells we should be able to use to establish contact. If we want to try to get lucky, I could try to connect to one of you as your whitelighter."

"What are the failure modes if do not get lucky? How complicated are these spells?"

"We won't connect, that's all. If we succeed, they might be able to tell, which is a kind of failure. If you can try to get a premonition about it, that would be great."

"I will try, but keep in mind that I haven't got a hang of it."

"Even better. You need the practice."

"Fair enough. Ah, warning, Beatrix is making out and likely having sex with a friend in her room."

"Okay. In the future, avoid telling me anything beyond 'Don't go into Beatrix's room', thanks."

"The most important part of the statement was the fact that we have an innocent in the house... that word feels wrong applied to Lan."

Upstairs? Upstairs.