Not So Straightforward

"Do not be afraid," Xyllis told them, sensing their alarm. "You are quite safe. I am going to return you home, to the bawdy house that you came from. So if you would just tell me where it is..."

"It's Mistress Candida's bawdy house," Freda said.

"The clients call her Candy, but she doesn't like it if we do that," Astra added. "She says that it doesn't show her proper respect."

"Very interesting," Xyllis said, trying not to let her impatience show. "I haven't heard of Mistress Candida's establishment. Which town is it in?"

Luckily, the false memories in the pair's minds included that information. "It's in Guildstown," Freda said.

The name meant nothing to Xyllis. That wasn't surprising, as the town was quite small, as well as being hundreds of miles away and in a different country. "I don't know the place," she said.

"Pronklezilch is the local wizard," Astra said, trying to be helpful. "He's ever so nice."

"And Lord Rudolf is the local nobleman," Freda added. "He isn't nice at all. He tried to cheat us."

1. As a sorceress herself, Xyliss has heard of Pronklezilch, and as a result is able to work out where Freda and Astra should be sent.
2. Xyliss is still none the wiser. She consults an atlas in the palace library, in the hope of finding Guildstown.
3. Xyliss is still none the wiser. She decides that tracking down the correct brothel will be too nuch trouble. She will just send them to a local establishment. Queen Helia surely wouldn't mind, and anyway she need never know.
4. Xyliss is still none the wiser. She informs the queen that she is unable to comply with her instruction, and asks what she would like done with the girls instead.
5. Before Helia can decide what to do, Dr. Vincent suddenly appears.

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