"So the storm was probably a powerful thing, right, Cloud and Rain wouldn't be able to do that?"

"They could, if they were wild for a long time and had grown a lot."

"… We probably would have noticed if they'd been wild for this long, though, right?"

"I think so, but something could have made them stronger, maybe."

"Or the card's not wild, we considered that hypothesis."

"In which case it depends on the strength of the wielder, right?"

"Right."

"So it's probably being wielded again in which case we have no idea what card, and if it's not being wielded then something is weird with the card that made it stop on its own."

"Are we sure it's a card? What if it's just something that feels like a card but isn't?"

"I don't know what else it'd be? People don't usually feel quite like cards?"

"Other magical artefacts, maybe."

"… Could be? But then it's probably other sorcerers anyway."

"Yeah."

"And it's a bit late to contact them really since exams start in two days."

"Little bit late," says Maya, pinching her fingers together. "Like, just a smidge. For you."

"Must you."

"I mean I've heard GCSEs aren't that bad, if you actually try."

"Yeah, well, trying's boring and annoying."

"… So you can feel free to find them bad, then."

Soon enough they arrive at their destination. It seems unremarkable.

Theo tries to work out more precisely where the magic thing is.

Any of the buildings in particular…? How high up…?

No it's in the direction of that ghost over there.

Ghost, pardon – "Okay what's that?"

The others look in the direction he's pointing. In spite of the darkness of the light, the figure is illuminated. It's very stereotypically a ghost, with long robes and chains being dragged as it floats slowly this way and that.

And there's another one, over there.

"...The Illusion?"

"I didn't think the storm was an illusion so unless it can do that – or, I guess, we're dealing with two different cards."