"It should be secure in my House, but I have a spell on it that can call it into my hand, at any time," she said - not demonstrating, because that would be foolish. "And I certainly hope so, because I have no idea what we might be able to do with them."<br/><br/>As predicted, they resisted his efforts to take them across the planar barrier, indicating their power.<br/><br/>Before he could make ready to teleport out, though, a terrible pain wracked him - it felt like he was being literally torn apart, drawn and quartered. At the same time, he'd receive wordless screams from Talia for a few minutes, before, timidly, he'd hear her voice again.<em>The... the city... it's been... torn apart...</em>