"Meghan is my sister... Dad... He sent me hoping I could get Temperance out, I guess they became suspicious of him? But there was no reason to get Meghan."

"...is there anyone else they could've gotten?"

"Oh, god. We should check mom and Franklyn."

They check. Adam's mom and brother appear to be in Federation custody in another planet but are unharmed.

Temperance's mom is fine, and so is their half-brother Ezra.

Aria - their half-sister - is in Federation custody, apparently in a transiting spaceship being taken to the same prison station as the others. She has a swollen eye.

"Why."

"I don't know. God. We need- We-"

We will rescue them all. The Federation is likely being paranoid. We should check on your other relatives, maybe Aria's and Ezra's mom?

"I've never met her and wouldn't be able to use the love thing. ...Adam?"

"I don't even know her name. I have an uncle and grandparents."

Check. The other relatives aren't in custody or in any way injured. The uncle appears to be sleeping in some kind of Federation waiting room. Temperance doesn't have other close relatives.

"So that's one problem very conveniently solved. Can we relevantly spy on them via other means than my magic?"

"It would take a long time even if they haven't placed perception wards but they certainly have."

Maybe we could find a way to improve on Sparkles' spying capabilities. Still, having the location is already a major obstacle out of the way.

We should check on everyone's relatives.

"Whose else?"

People's relatives are by and large fine. Being taken into custody seem to be correlated with how much of a problem the person could be to the Federation.

Henry's aunt turns out to be fine (albeit reaching her turns out to be a bit tricky given Henry's conflicted emotions) and he doubts Gabe's dad was taken.

Would the local Sadde want to check on his dad...?

No.

Pat pat.

Yeah, pats and hugs.

"Could I become particularly good at perception magic by virtue of having extremely good senses?"

"Possibly, "Temperance says distractedly. "You'd have to practice first."

"Do you? Here?"

"Well, yes—I emit light, and your matter does react normally to it, but it's the single source of light in this universe so even I can't see far enough with it."

"It should be worth a try."

"Has anyone figured out how to generate 'real light' here?" he asks, using air quotes.

"Ah, yes, that is rather easy with sorcery even if we can't see the results."