Basch makes a noise in agreement. “If it exists, I trust we have enough good minds to find a way to expand the cure.” Magick could do a lot. “We have to hope the tales of old were not just tales, and that it hasn’t gone extinct.”

This could be a fool’s errand. And by the time they found out, more people would be dead. But he was no stranger to disappointment. There was a very real chance this mission ended in defeat.