Kuda had locked the teleporter controls behind her, but Canach saw that she'd teleported into the nearby forge. Inside, the Inquest had taken control of the seer defenses, which threatened to overwhelm us. Canach remembered seeing control consoles when constructing the bomb earlier, so we headed for the central chamber. As we beat back the Inquest, Canach worked his magic, turning the seer defenses against them. The forge cleared of hostiles, we faced yet another barrier, this one blocking our access to Kuda inside their research facility. Once we found a way to get the barrier down, we entered the facility to find Kuda and her three forge-enhanced soldiers waiting. Kuda had expected us to follow her, leaving our Tyrian Alliance support behind in the chase—we'd played right into her hands. Kuda's "Omega Team"—Zipp, Plokk, and Naati—had mastered their powers since our first meeting. She ordered them to attack and made her exit, disappearing up the stairs. Zipp's blurring speed, Plokk's supernatural strength, and Naati's mind-bending illusions pushed us to the brink, but with the help of Rytlock, Canach, and Sayida, I was able to defeat Kuda's Omega Team. By then, Kuda was long gone with an army of Inquest between her and us. With more Inquest encroaching and our backup support left well behind, we had no choice but to call off the chase. The Inquest's new director had outmaneuvered us. Frustrated, Rytlock called for us to keep up the pursuit, but it was no use. Just as Kuda herself pointed out, we'd nipped at Vloxx's heels since arriving in Eternity's Garden, to no avail. Then we'd chased after Kuda herself, and now we had nothing to show for it. Or almost nothing; Isgarren contacted me, and he and Historian Minna did have a positive development to report. They'd managed to translate and reverse Sidony's scroll that I'd recovered earlier while hunting for Canach's bomb components. If Minna's curse-breaker spell could unravel the hold that Sidony had over Isgarren and Castora, maybe there was a silver lining to our setbacks after all...