Beatrice ponders that a bit, "would it be perhaps the wards Mr. Ortiz set down that would be having such an...adverse effect on the magics?  I wonder...I didn't see any obvious signs, or feel them, but I'm certain he had at least something there."  She simply smiled at the insistence of it being the kami, not a spell.  She would have to see if there were others in the council that were familiar with such an approach.<br/><br/>"I noticed several distinct...pockets, I suppose you could say, of remaining Nevernever, still fading while I was inside...I still need to look at the exterior of the building from the other side, as it were, but I believe that was how the attacker got in and out."<br/><br/>"There are several, though they each have their purposes.  Mike's is best for meeting with...small groups.  And decent food."  She glanced skyward, still pondering everything that had happened today.  There had to be some connection, but it just wasn't forming yet.  A hot bath and some time with a book could cure most of that...  She paused in mid thought and tried not to sigh.  The woman tripped every one of her 'please help me' instincts, but she couldn't really say anything about it.  Until she knew more about what was going on she didn't feel...right about saying anything, and even then, she couldn't take time away from the situation to take care of strays.  She could hear her fathers voice gently but firmly scolding her mother for taking someone in again and her mother's voice patiently explaining that she did and she would.  'Why do I have to take after mother so much' she thought, chagrined, barely resisting the urge to offer.