"So basically you'd have to go running flat-out hoping to catch me a minute sooner. Artifacts. Dang." She shakes her head and goes inside with him.

The receptionist recognizes them when they enter. "Aldaras, Annabelline, hello. The Dean's looked over the necklace - I'm afraid we don't know yet if it will restore someone who is already cut. What we do know now is that it does not choose people at random - it uses some compatibility measure. The details were too fuzzy to produce anything more about that."

"That's all?" asks Annie.

"I'm afraid it's a very time-consuming process. If you've learned anything more about the effects yourselves he'll be able to skip to more useful information sooner."