"You obviously have a hell of a lot better idea than I do what's going on," Harriet says. "Do you think you can explain it in a useful order and level of detail for someone who doesn't cast spells? I mean, from my point of view, shinma Nirvikalpa is folded, spindled and mutilated around here, so maybe it's no wonder we can talk to each other. But how it happened, and how I got here, I have no clue."