"Arhu was on my worldgating team on Earth - assigned permanently as part of our group of wizards." Permanent teams weren't exactly common, but then that was worldgates - every rule of wizardry had an 'except' that usually revolved around the gates.

"I take it you've been barred from the City as well?" she asked Haku dryly. "I've been doing short-transits all day evacuating - you caught us in the middle of a crisis, kind of," she said, now explaining to Arhu. "Apparently some kind of pathogen got loose on Stacy's city level, and it started infecting the crew. We had to quarantine the whole thing off, although I think they've figured out a cure for the pathogen by now."