"Well, they're not dead," he said pragmatically. He hadn't had a vision of them. "I can find out where they are with thith thing, but not right here. I came out becauthe the whole building'th about to collapthe. I know becauthe I touched it with my brain. Thtay clothe."

He wound through bits of concrete and metal and stepped through a collapsed wall. Bits of glass tinkled plaintively under his shoes. The combination storefront and apartment complex next door looked less damaged. He ducked inside through a blown-out window and scanned red and blue tendrils over the room.

"Clear, but keep your voithe down anyway. Be lookout while I thet up. I've altho.... got a little newth for you after I thet up."