"That would sure be nice."

"A few days to decompress is easy," Glass says. "I wonder who else you have besides a Joker. I can run a sweep and see."

"I'd - rather find that out myself and do it myself, I think."

"Sure."

Trouble is pretty sure Zeus was one of Rhea, but he doesn't see any point in bringing that up right now.

Robin finds the Belltower. She peers at it.

"Hello," says a woman's voice from one of the external speakers.

"Hi," says Robin. "Is my friend Bella - Butterfly - in there?"

"Yes, she is. You're whitelisted to visit her if you like."

"Yeah, thanks."

The door opens. Butterfly is not on the first floor. "Stairs are to your left," says Jane.

In she goes. She finds the stairs.

With her is someone who looks just like her, but several years older. "Hi."

"Hi and hi," says Robin. "So - Butterfly - decided if we're being had yet?"

"I'm pretty sure we are not being had. The large quantities of unchecked magical power and no catch yet has been a clue. This is Aether, by the way."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Robin, but apparently you already know that," says Robin. "Good, Trouble was worried."

"I'm in good shape, way better than I was. I should be ready to go home and solve all the everything in another subjective day or three."

"Do you want Trouble to wait for you? He seemed pretty well ready to start solving things himself."

"I would - hope so, but you do have the worst Bell/Joker relationship the peal's ever seen," says Aether. "Which is probably affecting him less than it's affected you but makes me unconfident in my prediction."

"He specifically asked me to ask you if you wanted him to wait, if it came up," says Robin. "Asking just to screw with you really doesn't seem his style."