After Zame had carried off the strange, fainting girl and left in a huff, Brendan had stood for several minutes with Zame's words echoing in his mind.<em>"Was Zame seriously accusing me of stealing them away from their homes? <strong>Forcing</strong> them to come here?"</em>Brendan<em>was </em>under the impression that summoning didn't work that way. Zame's outburst had brought to light something that he had not concidered. And this was, that though he had assumptions of how summoning worked, he had never actually checked the book to assure that those assumptions were correct.<br/><br/>He sat down in the circle and cracked open the old tome once again. He started skimming through it, speed reading through key paragraphs on every page, looking for any passage discussing all conditions and circumstances under which beings were brought to the summoner. After a few minutes of feverish searching, he found the passage that gave him what he was looking for:<br/><br/><div align="center"><em>"Those who woulde use this ritual must be aware<br/>Though Ye may attempt calling an entity to you,<br/>Whethere they answer the call<br/>or not<br/>is entirely up to them.<br/>And, though many may call foul<br/>and blame Ye for the calling,<br/>and claim no concent, <br/>Know Ye this:<br/>The ritual can call none who're unwilling to answer.<br/>Even if the answer only comes from their sleeping mind."</em></div><br/>"Phew! That's a relief!" Brendan said with a sigh, closing the book. "I was almost worried I was being a tyrant." He gazed at the book's cover intently, a small smile creeping across his face.<em>"So, no matter what..."</em>he thought to himself,<em>"If I summon someone here, their hand wasn't forced."</em><br/><br/>The college boy's brow furrowed as his curiosity piqued.<em>"Then <strong>that</strong> means that they're all here because they wanted to be."</em>It was then he heard footsteps on the stairs and Fiametta's voice, sounding somewhat disapproving. As she spoke of him "summoning again" he slowly rose to his feet and brushed himself off. "Ah, Fiametta - Good! Actually, I wanted to speak to you about something..."  He said as he began walking towards her.