Even Madmen Dream

[Lucid Dreaming successful.]

What? No. NO! But I sensed no stirring of the Madness toward me. Would I, when I was asleep?

[You currently have zero points of Taint.]

"So." Not-Sobek said, puffing on a hookah, "Now do you see why you had to go to the Mines?"

"The asylum." I said.

"The asylum." she agreed. "Have you determined on a way in, yet?"

I blinked at her. "Tell me that was a joke." I said.

She waved a hand dismissively. "We of Sobek know you to be resourceful. You will find entry."

"I'm an inmate."

"Excellent. You have your plan of entry. Do you have enough salt?"

"Why do I need salt?" I asked. "I can't do a ward with that … THING there."

She rolled her eyes. "You have an anti-taint ward. Successive wards, each one closer, and you will have the contamination contained.

"I do not have enough salt, nor enough silver powder, nor enough white chalk dust."