Abruptly, Eliana tosses her cloak back from her right shoulder and thrusts 
out her right hand, fingers curled like claws. Tikki reacts instinctively, 
jerking away, banging back bodily against the wall. Eliana smiles and murmurs 
something under her breath. What happens then is so strange that Tikki goes 
rigid with alarm. What happens could only be magic.