[ Lexie's voice comes from the balcony, where she is half curled on the chaise facing away from the main rooms of the house. ]

In the kitchen. Emile will show--

[ No, she won't. Emile isn't here. Emile is missing. Has been, since the afternoon Lexie had sent her back to the Archon's palace with their purchases just before heading to lunch. Just before everything went wrong. When she speaks again, it's flatter even than it had been. ]

--Marceau, then. Eloise. Someone knows where they are. [ a little louder, then: ] Someone show her where they are.