"Certainly, my dear!" The orb dimmed. "And I'm afraid we'll see very few of my own particular friends here."

He twitched an ear as one of the small local shadow creatures hovered in front of him, it looking quite nervous.

"Speaking of whom..." Alastor focused on it. "I take it you want to go back to the others in the city proper?"

It nodded its head.

"By all means. Thank you again for your help at the reactor."

It flew back into the shadows, disappearing.

Alastor turned back to Madhuri. "Not many of those kinds of shadows down here. Given all the noctaere and such, I'm not surprised."