"Yesss..." one of them says, somewhat reluctantly. "There<em>is</em>a way to contact her, in the event of an emergency, but it's just that, in the event of an emergency. As much as you may want it, we're not planning to violate her orders on a whim." "There have been a number of kitsune returned to us, recently, though none have said anything about being rescued by Mother." "I'm sorry, even if we did know where she'd gone, we wouldn't tell you, nor give you our means of contacting her."