Maryann sat down on the couch and the others sat down opposite her. "You said you had some questions?" she said with a tired look on her face.<br/><br/>"Yes," Ebisu said. "First of all, some documents were stolen from the restricted files section. I'd like you know if you perhaps took them or know who did."<br/><br/>"What kind of files?" Maryann asked.<br/><br/>"They were Lee Green's notes on advanced sealing," Ebisu answered.<br/><br/>Maryann stood up, a look of utter shock on her face. "H-his notes are here?" she asked in awe. Anger suddenly flared in her eyes, "And someone stole them?!"<br/><br/>Ebisu nodded and looked at her. "Maryann, what's your connection to Lee Green?"<br/><br/>"H-he was my master," she said, "and the best friend of my older sister. I've known him all my life."<br/><br/>"I see," said Ebisu. "And are you trying to unseal him?"<br/><br/>Maryann looked him square in the eyes, "Yes, I am. But I didn't steal those files." She looked at Mai, "You believe me, don't you Mai?"<br/><br/>"I want to believe it," said Mai. "And most of me does. But the more suspects we clear the colder this case gets."<br/><br/>Maryann looked down, slightly hurt, but understanding his point. "I see..."<br/><br/>"So," said Ebisu, "You and Lee Green were close?"<br/><br/>"Yes," she said.<br/><br/>"Is there anything important about him you haven't said?" Ebisu asked and Mai looked at him quizzically.<br/><br/>Maryann sighed and sat down. "There's a legitimately good reason I want to bring him back," she said. "But anyone who knows what he was like could bring him back for the wrong reasons."<br/><br/>"What do you mean?" asked Mai, curious about what she hadn't told him.<br/><br/>"Mai," she said, "I told you that Lee was unhappy. That was an understatement. He was down right depressed-- that's how all the belief wizards end up. There's always a price for power," she said. "Each belief wizard suffers in some way, and the more unused magical energy they keep inside themselves, the worse this suffering becomes. In Lee's case, the more of his energy he let go unused..." she looked down, "the worse his chronic pain would get. It's like the magical energy of a belief wizard becomes too powerful for the wizard's body, almost acting as a toxin. But there are only so many ways a person can think up to use their magic." She sighed, "he started traveling worlds, allowing people to use him, use his power, just to ease his pain. But his tolerance for magic kept increasing. In other words, he kept getting stronger, and his magic would recharge more quickly. When he couldn't take it any more he sealed himself away and that brings us to now."<br/><br/>"Sounds like an awful price to pay," said Ebisu.<br/><br/>"But then," said Mai, "if you brought him back, wouldn't he just be unhappy?"<br/><br/>Maryann sighed. "A belief wizard's job is to bring about miracles that no one else is capable of. He's not supposed to just abandon the world like that. But if someone else brings him back who just wants to use his powers. Lee's not going to say no. He'll do whatever the person asks of him. Even before he discovered he had magic he was a total pushover, and it's just gotten worse. I was sort of hoping I could knock some sense into him."<br/><br/>Mai scratched his head, "This is a lot more complicated then what you first told me," he said.<br/><br/>"You can blame at least part of that on whoever took those documents," Maryann said back.<br/><br/>--------------------------------<br/><br/>"Lestat," Insei said. "You have failed the test. Come outside with me and I'll explain things to you."<br/><br/>Reina watched Insei and Lestat leave and then looked back down, hopelessly, at her paper. "Well," she said, "I may end up failing the test for this, but it'll make my conscience feel better." She began writing in her own answers such as 'all of the above' or 'none of the above'.<br/><br/>As Insei and Lestat made their way out of the room back into the previous one Insei was silent. As soon as they were in the first room Insei turned around and spoke. "Congratulations, Lestat. You passed the second test. Confused?"