Serrin was back with a reply within minutes. "She says she’s not a hundred percent sure, but that this would only happen if the nosferatu was storing, or using, a very high level of power. It would fit Luther, if he’s burning the midnight oil over this research, if he’s really consumed by it. Oh, and she says don’t ask for anything else. She’s disconnecting the line for now." Having seen Magellan’s near-mania, Serrin thought this fit, and he said so to Michael. The Tir Taimgire elf was apparently not working for Luther, but the two shared a kind of madness that linked them somehow.