Just as Adam entered the Hall, another Healer entered along with a mug of tea resting on a small tray in her hands. She caught sight of Adam and sighed. "Mister Adam as well as Miss Miataea? Before the opening ceremony's even begun? You two aren't trying to set new records aren't you?"

"I resent that," said a girl resting on a nearby bed, "and hello uh . . . Adam? Aran? Sorry I forget."

The girl had long dark hair and dressed in a long brown robe, with apparently nothing underneath. She reached out gratefully for the tea in the Healer's hands. "In any case, spell-backlash and mana-poisoning are two different levels of ailment. I assume spell-backlash [i]is[/i] what happened to you, Mister A-something?"