"Ah, have your attention, do I?" he continued, striding calmly around Stellar. She moved, keeping him well within sight but at a distance. She kept the blades on her hooves lowered and ready. "The elemental on the train, those ghosts that proved such a delightful distraction when we first… met. The festival. Blackport. Everything has to do with old magic, and now it is here in the fine, old city of Manehatten."