"So you got this from a creature in the Sea of Mist?" Anna asked as she fiddled with the palm-sized piece of paper with her delicate fingers.0

Lying on the white couch in her office, she twirled the damp paper, and it became drier and drier with each spin until the blurry texts were revealed.0

"Yes," Sparkle answered affirmatively. "One side of it is a portrait of me, and the other side is a message from Daddy. He secretly stuffed this note into a fish's body and scared it out of the Foundation's territory.0

"The Foundation's territory is really strange; it seems capable of blocking my awareness. Otherwise, I would have felt it immediately when Daddy was drawing this portrait."0

Anna's eyes narrowed into slits as she scrutinized the text written on the paper. The font...0