He shook his head as he watched the front two move farther into the apartment. The elf hung back. "This room is supposed to be magically shielded," Chase said. "I paid a lot to have some hybrid bacterium or something sprayed into the surrounding walls. Supposedly a magician can astrally project—or whatever it is they do—something through almost anything except living things." He looked intently at the monitor. "I don't completely understand all this magic drek."