Taken aback, Madhuri gave a soft breath and wondered who on earth this was. But she explained that she had to use the ghost trick to manage her way past someone. Perhaps their big green friend out in the Dream Width... or someone else entirely.

"Sweetheart... if you truly went through such means to reach us to avoid detection, you're very brave indeed. What I haven't a clue as to who or what you are."

She paused. "Did someone send you? Are you safe where you're from?"