"The fact that a half-breed is involved means we have to contact the Council.  They may wish to take her into custody until it is born or they may want to abort it.  Either way our mission is no longer just to gather information.  They may have more half-breeds, and if they do they will be much tougher to defeat than the elf here."  He pointed to the dead Selkie that was starting to dissolve, as spirit bodies sometimes do on death.  "It will have its own power to draw on, not just that of a petty summoner."

"Petty Summoner?" said the waitress, "I didn't summon him, you idiot, I found him, by the river.  Someone had injured him and I nursed him back to health."