Swamped

You're really not in the mood for this. You pull off the bedsheet as best you can with one hand, and use it to cover yourself.

Then you get up and walk over to where your uniform is hanging up.

"What's all this fuss about my clothes?"

The greblings glance at you. Robert starts apologizing, but then the other one turns her eyes on you. You think Robert said her name was Dominique.

"Your clothes are practically soaked in ether. Now, I don't know much about wizardry, but I assume this was your first casting. And more broadly, that you don't really know how to control it."

"Casting?"

You suppose that might be what you did. It's a bit of a blur now.

"That's what I figured. Ether's basically the raw energy wizards manipulate - and most people, human or grebling, can't do anything with it at all. But the handful who can, well, they can work wonders with it. So, just take a moment to imagine what an untrained magician could do with a big pile of ether."

"Cast spells all over the place without realizing it."

Dominique nods.

"Exactly. And that's nothing but trouble, obviously. So I was attempting to siphon it off into your glove here."

She points to a strange device, attached to your throwing glove. A wire connects it to your clothes.

"But, there's a lot that can go wrong. So I've got to keep an eye on the ether, since no one else on our team has any knack for managing it at all."

"Wait," you say. "Does that mean you're a wizard?"

She shrugs.

"You could say that. Not much good at actual spellcasting, though. I just have enough ether-sense that I can make tools that work with it. Anyhow, that's why I'm still here; I figure you don't want your clothes to go floating off with you in them or something."

"I suppose that's fair," you say. You feel a little awkward right now.

"If I were you, I'd lie down and wait for this business to be done. Robert's still got to keep an eye on you anyhow, right?"

Well, she's got a point. Still, as long as you're up, maybe you could ask her some questions, since she seems to have some idea of what you actually did.