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* TigerByTheTail: Once [[spoiler:Once he realized that Amber is a full telepath, Elden should have backed off and gone back to Hive Genex, as a transfer by a full telepath was going to lead to a very thorough investigation at a minimum. But he had no way home (he was expecting to be picked up by the aircraft that was retrieving Amber), his imprint was large enough that he wasn't mentally stable, and it seems very likely that [[YouHaveFailedMe he wouldn't have survived a failure]].]]
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* TigerByTheTail: Once he realized that Amber is a full telepath, Elden should have backed off and gone back to Hive Genex, as a transfer by a full telepath was going to lead to a very thorough investigation at a minimum. But he had no way home (he was expecting to be picked up by the aircraft that was retrieving Amber), his imprint was large enough that he wasn't mentally stable, and it seems very likely that [[YouHaveFailedMe he wouldn't have survived a failure]].
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* BadassBoast: When Amber clears her echoes, it gives her a feeling of strength and confidence that is often expressed this way.
-->I was solely Amber now, this wasn’t just my Hive’s territory but my personal domain, and I had no need to fear any battles that would be fought here.
-->I was solely Amber now, this wasn’t just my Hive’s territory but my personal domain, and I had no need to fear any battles that would be fought here.
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* ''Candidate'' (prequel short story, [[https://janetedwards.com/free-stories/candidate/ available online]])
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* ''Candidate'' (prequel short story, set during ''Telepath'', [[https://janetedwards.com/free-stories/candidate/ available online]])
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* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Riley's view of the person he saw stabbing a nosy. He decides that that is the life he wants, hiding in the Hive and doing whatever he wants, including injuring and killing people.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Riley tries to gaslight Noreen after she breaks up with him, telling everyone they're still together and acting like she never said anything. After a nosy reassigns him to a different zone, he comes back the next day and claims the nosy incident never happened, trying to gaslight the rest of the corridor.
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* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Rose, in Hurricane, and her warder.]]
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* TheSociopath: TheSociopath:
** [[spoiler:Rose, in Hurricane, and her warder.]]]]
** Riley, once he sees that the person inside a nosy costume is just a normal human. Within a year, he is planning to murder his ex-girlfriend in his old room, then hide himself in the Hive, doing anything he wants to do, up to and including injuring and killing people.
** [[spoiler:Rose, in Hurricane, and her warder.
** Riley, once he sees that the person inside a nosy costume is just a normal human. Within a year, he is planning to murder his ex-girlfriend in his old room, then hide himself in the Hive, doing anything he wants to do, up to and including injuring and killing people.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: Adika to Rothan at the end of ''Borderline'', after the AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat incident. Before everyone leaves for New Years, Adika gathers them together so that he can respond to Rothan's actions..by praising him for following protocol correctly, and congratulate him for doing a good job leading the strike. It takes Rothan a moment to realize he isn't being demoted.
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* ChewOutFakeOut: Adika to Rothan at the end of ''Borderline'', after the AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat incident. Before everyone leaves for New Years, Adika gathers them together so that he can respond to Rothan's actions..actions...by praising him for following protocol correctly, and congratulate congratulating him for doing a good job leading the strike. It takes Rothan a moment to realize he isn't being demoted.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Forge, in the first book. [[spoiler: Forge's resemblance to Elden, especially the birthmark, caused Amber to have an irrational attraction to him. This starts Lucas down the chain of logic that discovers her imprint, helps him figure out the fix, and lets them use Forge to act as a surrogate Elden to keep her under control.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: SpannerInTheWorks:
** Forge, in the first book.[[spoiler: Forge's [[spoiler:Forge's resemblance to Elden, especially the birthmark, caused Amber to have an irrational attraction to him. This starts Lucas down the chain of logic that discovers her imprint, helps him figure out the fix, and lets them use Forge to act as a surrogate Elden to keep her under control.]]
** Reece, in ''Adversary''. [[spoiler:His request to Amber leads to the discovery of Prospero's hideout before Keith can pull the trigger on it, causing Keith to direct Franklin to the park as an alternate attack on Amber's unit. Rune is able to match the message that Keith sent to redirect Franklin to the message used to damage the Northern Americas Group negotiations, providing proof that Keith has committed treason and should be blocked from requesting a trade.]]
** Forge, in the first book.
** Reece, in ''Adversary''. [[spoiler:His request to Amber leads to the discovery of Prospero's hideout before Keith can pull the trigger on it, causing Keith to direct Franklin to the park as an alternate attack on Amber's unit. Rune is able to match the message that Keith sent to redirect Franklin to the message used to damage the Northern Americas Group negotiations, providing proof that Keith has committed treason and should be blocked from requesting a trade.]]
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* FlauntingYourFleets: The Hive sends Amber's unit to the Sea Farm in seven transport aircraft, escorted by four squadrons of twelve fighter aircraft. This is done with two purposes: to show the Sea Farm how seriously the main Hive takes the situation, and to terrify the culprit.
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* FlauntingYourFleets: FlauntingYourFleets:
** The Hive sends Amber's unit to the Sea Farm in seven transport aircraft, escorted by four squadrons of twelve fighter aircraft. This is done with two purposes: to show the Sea Farm how seriously the main Hive takes the situation, and to terrify theculprit.culprit.
** Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement sends 40 Valkyrie planes to escort Amber, Ryne, and Aura to the meeting point.
** The Hive sends Amber's unit to the Sea Farm in seven transport aircraft, escorted by four squadrons of twelve fighter aircraft. This is done with two purposes: to show the Sea Farm how seriously the main Hive takes the situation, and to terrify the
** Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement sends 40 Valkyrie planes to escort Amber, Ryne, and Aura to the meeting point.
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* ReligionIsRight: Downplayed. After Noreen is rescued, it is pointed out that, ultimately, her faith in the Hive to keep her safe was justified. She believed the Hive would be watching over her and would save her; Amber's unit was tracking her and Riley and intervened to rescue her.
-->'''Amber''': Noreen was terrified then, but now believes she was never in any danger. The Hive was watching over her the whole time, ready to intervene to save her.\\
'''Nicole''': Which, in a sense, was actually true. Our unit members were watching over Noreen the whole time, we were ready to intervene to save her, and the last lines of Hive Duty song number ten tell us that we are the Hive.
-->'''Amber''': Noreen was terrified then, but now believes she was never in any danger. The Hive was watching over her the whole time, ready to intervene to save her.\\
'''Nicole''': Which, in a sense, was actually true. Our unit members were watching over Noreen the whole time, we were ready to intervene to save her, and the last lines of Hive Duty song number ten tell us that we are the Hive.
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* ExactEavesdropping: Gregas starts eavesdropping on Amber and her unit after [[spoiler:his borderline telepathy manifests]], and manages to overhear both that Morton is in need of surgery and that [[spoiler:Wilder is his and Amber's great-grandfather]].
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* TenMinuteRetirement: Megan decides to resign after her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika spills over and starts negatively affecting Amber. Once Buzz is brought in to counsel Amber, and also provides Adika with some advice, she is convinced to stay.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: TenMinuteRetirement:
** Megan decides to resign after her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika spills over and starts negatively affecting Amber. Once Buzz is brought in to counsel Amber, and also provides Adika with some advice, she is convinced tostay.stay.
** Atticus leaves Morton's surgical team so that he can be the scapegoat for how close Morton came to dying. Morton realizes that this is why everybody is blaming Atticus and calls him back to lead the surgical team again.
** Megan decides to resign after her BelligerentSexualTension with Adika spills over and starts negatively affecting Amber. Once Buzz is brought in to counsel Amber, and also provides Adika with some advice, she is convinced to
** Atticus leaves Morton's surgical team so that he can be the scapegoat for how close Morton came to dying. Morton realizes that this is why everybody is blaming Atticus and calls him back to lead the surgical team again.
* AmazonBrigade: Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement's Valkyrie forces are composed entirely of women. They are feared opponents, both for their own skills and equipment, and because if they are activated, they have the full weight of the rest of the Hives behind them.
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* BatmanGambit: A lot of Lucas's successes come from knowing exactly how someone will react. For example, when dealing with Glenna and Irwin at the start of ''Hurricane'', he works out how they will each react to various circumstances and uses that to separate them to protect Glenna and neutralize Irwin.
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* BatmanGambit: A lot of Lucas's successes come from knowing exactly how someone will react. For example, when dealing with Glenna and Irwin at the start of ''Hurricane'', he works out how they will each react to various circumstances and circumstances. He uses that to separate them to protect Glenna and neutralize Irwin.
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* DistinguishingMark: Invoked as part of the EmergencyImpersonation.
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* DistinguishingMark: Invoked as part of the EmergencyImpersonation.EmergencyImpersonation; Forge is given a fake birthmark on his cheek to make Amber think he's Elden.
* DumpedViaTextMessage: [[spoiler:Buzz breaks up with Forge via a recorded message.]]
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* FirstGuyWins: While [[InsecureLoveInterest Lucas expects this]] once he meets Atticus, the trope is ultimately subverted.
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* FirstGuyWins: While [[InsecureLoveInterest Lucas expects this]] once he meets Atticus, the trope is ultimately subverted. Despite Atticus being Amber's date to Carnival on Teen Level, Amber remains with Lucas.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Keith's sabotage of the Northern Americas Group negotiations was technically treason, and was apparently just done to cause trouble, but Hive England was unable to prove it to Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement. [[spoiler:His attack on Buzz had similar enough message routing that Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement was able to connect the two and remove his right to transfer to another Hive.]]
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Forge kicks Riley in the head and breaks his neck, killing him instantly. Not that he would have lived much longer, as Adika's kill shot hit him in the head.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Melisande gives Keith one (off-screen), pointing out that his actions have gotten so bad that he's forcing her to choose between a surly, sociopathic low-power telepath that everybody hates, and a devoted, hard-working high-power telepath that everybody loves. Given that choice, he loses.
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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Amber's grandmother Palma loves chocolate crunch cakes as much as Amber does. When Amber sneaks a bite of one during the Circle of Life ceremony, Emmett immediately assumes it's his wife.
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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Amber's grandmother Palma loves chocolate crunch cakes as much as Amber does. When Emmett hears Amber sneaks sneaking a bite of one during the Circle of Life ceremony, Emmett he immediately assumes it's the sound is coming from his wife.
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* StylisticSuck: The New Years pageant is deliberately boring, confusing, and set at an awkward time, so that people won't want to go to it. Lucas theorizes that the Joint Hive Treaty requires a celebration of its signing, so Hive England makes theirs bad as part of their desire to make people grateful to Hive England for protecting them, not the Joint Hive Treaty.
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* VolleyingInsults: Between Paula (and the rest of the Hive Politics siblings) and Melisande, blaming each other for Keith being able to sabotage the earlier negotiations. Elliott comments that at least in a virtual space, they can't physically throw things at each other.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Lucas tricks Kareem into taking responsibility for a plan as part of rehabilitating him as a Tactical Commander.
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* OneCastMemberPerCover: The first book has Amber flanked by Adika and Lucas, but since then, the book covers have featured Amber (''Defender''), Lucas (''Hurricane''), Forge (''Perilous''), and Buzz (''Borderline''). The pre-release cover for ''Adversary'' features Adversary Aura of Hive Genex.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Keith threatens to use the secrets of everyone on Amber's team against them if she doesn't cooperate with his plan to reclaim Olivia, up to and including telling Amber's nosy-hating parents that she is really a telepath.
* OneCastMemberPerCover: The first book has Amber flanked by Adika and Lucas, but since then, the book covers have featured Amber (''Defender''), Lucas (''Hurricane''), Forge (''Perilous''),and Buzz (''Borderline''). The pre-release cover for ''Adversary'' features (''Borderline''), and Adversary Aura of Hive Genex.Genex (''Adversary'').
* OneCastMemberPerCover: The first book has Amber flanked by Adika and Lucas, but since then, the book covers have featured Amber (''Defender''), Lucas (''Hurricane''), Forge (''Perilous''),
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** Enforced InUniverse in some ways.InUniverse. Teen Level corridor assignments are always made so that there are no repeated names.
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** In ''Candidate'', Eli and Maizie don't have a full inspection hatch to use so they break through a damaged wall to escape from Katelyn.
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* LawfulStupid: Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement is presented this way. An advocate having broken minor rules as a teenager, even ones that the Hive expects and wants some people to break, could be enough to sabotage their case regardless of the actual legal merits. A shortfall in the number of people at the Sea Farm - even though the people are all in the area, just not living in the immediate vicinity of the Sea Farm itself - could cause all trade to and from the Hive to be blocked, dooming one of the Hive's telepaths and probably killing millions of people.
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* LawfulStupid: Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement is initially presented this way. An advocate having broken minor rules as a teenager, even ones that the Hive expects and wants some people to break, could be enough to sabotage their case regardless of the actual legal merits. A shortfall in the number of people at the Sea Farm - even though the people are all in the area, just not living in the immediate vicinity of the Sea Farm itself - could cause all trade to and from the Hive to be blocked, dooming one of the Hive's telepaths and probably killing millions of people.
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** The first three novels all end with Amber going on a run, which the following novel startswith.with.
** ''Adversary'' ends with one of Blake's old cases being reactivated for Amber to work on, and a promise that Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement has something they need her to do.
** The first three novels all end with Amber going on a run, which the following novel starts
** ''Adversary'' ends with one of Blake's old cases being reactivated for Amber to work on, and a promise that Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement has something they need her to do.
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* GambitPileup: The plans to deal with Keith in ''Adversary''.
** Keith has been using the threat to transfer Hives as leverage any time he is seriously threatened with punishment. He has also been using the promise of entering the duty child program as a carrot.
** [[spoiler:Melisande and the Council of Gaia decide to cut this off by offering to trade him, with the note that they have to tell any Hive making an offer about how horrible a person he is. This will lower the offers made for him and how much the new Hive will accomodate him. If Keith chooses to reject the trade, he will have to use his one chance to transfer Hives to stay in Hive England, neutralizing his largest piece of leverage.]]
** [[spoiler:Keith counters this by irrevocably signing up for the duty child program at the full 25 children. If he is traded, those children would go to the new Hive.]]
** [[spoiler:Keith is finally, fully OutGambitted when Rune states that he has evidence that Keith's actions in an earlier incident count as treason. At Hive England's request, Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement removes Keith's right to transfer Hives, meaning that Keith has lost both types of leverage he had been using.]]
** Keith has been using the threat to transfer Hives as leverage any time he is seriously threatened with punishment. He has also been using the promise of entering the duty child program as a carrot.
** [[spoiler:Melisande and the Council of Gaia decide to cut this off by offering to trade him, with the note that they have to tell any Hive making an offer about how horrible a person he is. This will lower the offers made for him and how much the new Hive will accomodate him. If Keith chooses to reject the trade, he will have to use his one chance to transfer Hives to stay in Hive England, neutralizing his largest piece of leverage.]]
** [[spoiler:Keith counters this by irrevocably signing up for the duty child program at the full 25 children. If he is traded, those children would go to the new Hive.]]
** [[spoiler:Keith is finally, fully OutGambitted when Rune states that he has evidence that Keith's actions in an earlier incident count as treason. At Hive England's request, Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement removes Keith's right to transfer Hives, meaning that Keith has lost both types of leverage he had been using.]]
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* YoungAndInCharge: Amber is eighteen years old, fresh out of Lottery...and in charge of one of the Hive's scarce telepath units.
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* DenOfIniquity: Overnight clubs are unofficial clubs where people of all levels and from all across the Hive gather to dance, indulge in mind-altering substances, and spend the night with partners met there. The first time Amber goes near one, Buzz tries to very circumspectly explain what they are, until Amber comments that she knows exactly what they are because a team member goes there. Everyone immediately (and correctly) assumes that it's Adika, although there's a bit more surprise that Megan goes with him to dance.
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* ArcSymbol: In each of the books, Amber takes on the role of the Light Angel, a character in the annual Halloween and Carnival festivals. The Light Angel protects the Hive and its loyal citizens, fighting the forces of darkness directly or calling on Justice to aid her.
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* FrameUp: Prospero's group is framed as spies from Hive Genex.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Keith tries to set up Amber's unit to attack Prospero's groupette.
* MistakenForSpies: Prospero's group is set up to look like spies from Hive Genex.
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster:
** Having to deal with each other for the Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement investigation brings [[spoiler:Paula and Melisande]] back together, and they end up remarrying.
** Buzz helping Lucas work through his trauma helped her work through her own and resume her relationship with Forge.
** Having to deal with each other for the Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement investigation brings [[spoiler:Paula and Melisande]] back together, and they end up remarrying.
** Buzz helping Lucas work through his trauma helped her work through her own and resume her relationship with Forge.
* SecondActBreakup: Buzz and Forge in ''Adversary''. After being confronted by Franklin and then seeing Forge kill Riley, Buzz is deeply traumatized and breaks up with Forge. After she helps herself by helping Lucas, she gets back together with Forge.
* TrainingFromHell: Scout training apparently involves being trapped in the training area; if you can escape, you pass, and move on to the next (harder) level.
* WeddingSmashers: Downplayed. The Prospero incident causes Lucas to make an urgent call to Melisande about the unit, interrupting her [[spoiler:remarriage to Paula.]]
* WorkingWithTheEx: Paula and Melisande were married briefly until Keith's interference in a contract with other Hives tore them apart. The first time they meet again is in the conference call about Joint Hive Treaty Enforcement's visit. [[spoiler:They remarry about a week later.]]
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* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Jupiter intentionally set her scheme up so she'd get caught. She's hoping that one of Olivia's echo personalities turning out to be a terrorist will get Olivia reset, and that she can become the sole personality.]]
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* XanatosGambit: XanatosGambit:
** [[spoiler:Jupiter intentionally set her scheme up so she'd get caught. She's hoping that one of Olivia's echo personalities turning out to be a terrorist will get Olivia reset, and that she can become the sole personality.]]
** Keith's plan with Prospero's group. [[spoiler:He sets them up to look like they're preparing to attack Amber's unit, in hopes that Lucas would call a strike that kills his father and half-sister. But, even if Lucas figures it out before that, he gets to watch his father giving his half-sister the love that Lucas never got from him.]]
** [[spoiler:Jupiter intentionally set her scheme up so she'd get caught. She's hoping that one of Olivia's echo personalities turning out to be a terrorist will get Olivia reset, and that she can become the sole personality.]]
** Keith's plan with Prospero's group. [[spoiler:He sets them up to look like they're preparing to attack Amber's unit, in hopes that Lucas would call a strike that kills his father and half-sister. But, even if Lucas figures it out before that, he gets to watch his father giving his half-sister the love that Lucas never got from him.]]
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* RetiredBadass: Amber's team calls some of Claire's Strike Team members out of retirement to bolster the team while Morton is unavailable. They're still in shape and still some of the most deadly combatants in the Hive, to the point where Adika is willing to trust them to be Amber's close bodyguards.
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* AbductionIsLove
** Amber's first emergency run tracks down a boy who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend in an attempt to make her love him again.
** [[spoiler:Morton]] kidnapped [[spoiler:Celandine]] and spent a year trying to make her love him, but she refused to comply.
** Amber's first emergency run tracks down a boy who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend in an attempt to make her love him again.
** [[spoiler:Morton]] kidnapped [[spoiler:Celandine]] and spent a year trying to make her love him, but she refused to comply.
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** Amber's first emergency run tracks down a boy who was attempting to invoke this with his ex-girlfriend.
** [[spoiler:Morton]] spent a year attempting to invoke this with [[spoiler:Celandine]], but she refused to comply.
** Amber's first emergency run tracks down a boy who was attempting to invoke this with his ex-girlfriend.
** [[spoiler:Morton]] spent a year attempting to invoke this with [[spoiler:Celandine]], but she refused to comply.
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