<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“No, i don’t mind. Go ahead and get back to it, I’m not one to stand in the way of research.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">He smiled at their enthusiasm, and at Alexi perking up his sister like that. “</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">I could be gone most of the night, I could be gone only a few minutes. If either of you miss me while I’m gone you can always crawl into my bed to go to sleep. I wouldn’t mind coming home to that.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff"> He winked as he said the last, putting his utensils across his plate and standing. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“If I don’t see you again before you pass out, goodnight my dears.”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff"> With that he walked about three feet from the table and disappeared into his cloud of smoke and bats mid stride, reappearing in a small decently furnished room.</span>