He didn't even have a little to work with? That was a serious roadblock, then. Rita had been considering the idea of finding ways to amplify their limited powers, or for multiple spellcasters to combine their power to allow for more effective spells... but without even a hint of magic power to start with, that wasn't going to work.

It looked like Lingormr was out of the loop when it came to the military, so Rita decided to fill him in on the relevant parts. "They wanted to test some experimental drugs, and offered rewards to patients who volunteered to be their lab rats. When they didn't get enough volunteers, they started grabbing people at random." Rita relayed the information with a bitter scowl. The methodology offended her both as an ethical researcher, and as one of the unlucky victims. "Many of the patients who underwent the trial experienced physical transformations, and some claimed they became monsters - temporarily, that is."

Which brought her to the point. "I was just thinking that Landel's scheme might be related to that research... or may even be the final product of it."