"What are ye doing, Cathal?" Reeve Petrus asked.

"T'was Charlotte who gave me the idea," Cathal replied as he stepped to the fire and pulled a glowing ember from the hearth. He dropped it into the bowl with other items it contained. "I need a blanket, quick, quick!"

Charlotte retrieved a blanket as the reeve looked on in puzzlement.

"I'm going to rouse his mind."

The dried substance in the bowl began to smoulder and pungent smoke ...