"What if we could distract Stacy somehow?" Fuu said. "If we sent some kind of decoy into a distant area of Stacy, that could keep her defenses occupied there instead of on those of us infiltratating her other pathways." A robot, perhaps, or even a magical illusion? She knew that Clef was capable of a great deal, and Marsai most likely as well.

She wasn't quite so sure about starting immediately. An information leak could happen, but... "If we do this today, we need to be very careful," she said, obvious as it was. "A failed attempt could raise the alarm as easily as a careless word in the mess hall."