"And I would be the veritable Da Vinci of napkin art," Artemis said with another small laugh. "If I wasn't so opposed to the medium."

The ongoing joke dropped when Momo mentioned the basement. All he could remember was Obi-Wan telling him that it was dangerous. He missed Obi-Wan dearly, which made his warning all the more serious at this point in time. "I've heard that it's an extremely dangerous place, and I'm cautioning you against going there until you feel absolutely prepared. ...though I'm not going to dissuade you from going down there. The more information we have about it, the better off the patient populace as a whole would be.

"That being said, I assume I'm not one of those people who are being left out of the loop," he said with a wry smile. "Since you are trusting me to keep this to myself."