"Oh it was just a thought. And here's the bus station."

"Excellent narrative timing on both our parts.

I wish you luck and adventure at your destination, for however long you're there."

"At least on my part it was planned. And thank you."

"You're very welcome."

He leaves, smiling and almost audibly plotting.

And she soon gets on the bus.

It is a bus ride. Not much happens. When she reaches Toronto, events continue not happening; she didn't trigger anything by stepping in.

Oh good. First of all she'll secure a place to stay.

Easily said and done. The 1940s boardinghouse has fallen out of style, but its more modern replacements aren't in short supply.

And after that she can take Rose's instructions to find her wayward child.

The cabal can be found hanging around at a no-name convenience store near the boundary of town. One behind the counter, some at a table near the front. Their numbers don't match the roster Rose gave Sadde, so there are probably others elsewhere.

"Good evening," she says to the one behind the counter.

"Hi." He squints. "Welcome to Toronto."

"Thank you. I believe Rose must have mentioned me?"

Nod. "She did. Light on details, that's normal for her; just said to expect an ally. If you were anyone else we'd be in trouble, but we're well out of most practitioners' way."

"In trouble?"

"We're mostly off the radar. Someone coming here would mean they have better radar."

"I see. And what've you been up to, lately?"

"Depends how far we can trust you, really. Rose says you're an ally, but that can cover an awful lot."

"I want to see you thrive, do not want you to be caught by anyone who would interfere negatively in your job, and really really want demons gone."

"Thrive is a vague term, but noted.

We captured and bound a potential future demon, and are running maintenance on someone else's binding of a full one while we try to think of something permanent. Turns out there aren't actually very many loose demons running around, who knew. Other than that, we've been...establishing relationships with some Others. Peripheral ones from around here and summonable ones."

"Rose said you were a group of diabolists who were focused more on getting the things bound or banished than on screwing the world over for temporary gain and karma damage, so that's the sort of thing I'm here for and what I mean by thrive."

"Yeah, we have to minimize collateral damage whenever possible. Wish more people did that.

We could use the help on the ongoing problem, possibly. There isn't actually a plan yet, but we've got time."

"Ongoing problem being that demon you need a permanent binding on?"

"Yep. We don't know much about it, and can't safely find out more. Want to hear what we can tell you?"

"Yes."