"I don't know to what extent answering that question would violate my agreement," muses Bella.
"I've been here the whole time," he says, addressing Alice directly. "You just can't see me. I, however, can see you."
"That's funny, because Alice can see my alt's bodyguard who has a comparable power," Bella muses. "I really need to bring you there with me, sometime, Lazarus."
"Will do! You can compare notes with the Imperial Factotum. There's a guy who just sees stuff, like you, but he doesn't involve himself with the empire - she does and she copies powers by touching the people who have them."
"She can't copy me, but she can't copy the other me either, and we didn't get a chance to try her on Alice," shrugs Bella, "and the other ingots we know haven't been along on trips, so we don't know if she works on ingots as well as witches."
"She'll get along with you. According to my alt all she cares about is securing experimental privileges," laughs Bella. "She gets them by being extremely useful."
"All right. This is on the agenda for next time, then, whenever someone finds a door again."
"I suppose we shouldn't impose on your hospitality anymore," Bella remarks, and she decides for no particular reason to leave via door and walk to Marspire.