"I said I haven't SEEN them," he said, preparing a fruit salad. "I know how to contact them though. In recent years we've been under instructions only to contact each other in an emergency. I'm surprised Mandi's mother-" he stopped as he heard a sob escape Mandi's lips. "Great Gaia, what has happened to her?"<br/><br/>"She was kidnapped," Mandi replied. "By someone who I fear may be a threat to your kind if he is left unopposed for too long."<br/><br/>"Then we need to make contact," Duncan said. "They will not sit idly by if what you're saying is true."