Sara and Hippolyta. The Sweetheart deal with James breaks up to the tune of mocking laughter. Ayla gets to the bottom of her list. Beltane tells her how her ectoplasm works - it's a variety of MATD that actually does what she wants, but she can't use it on anyone else. Sara and Fey get right down to it and use a Circle of Reading. Ayla's BIT has already been messed with, possibly several times, and some of the changes apparently aren't magical. Possibly Dr. Hammond . Really no joy. She spends some time with several of the Thornies, and then goes to a Golden Kids meeting. Traduce, who is responsible for this meeting, managed to mess everything up totally.