Kay glanced over his shoulder at the meandering thing as it nudged against him, and then wandered out onto the porch again. He picked up a bottle with some unidentifiable liquid in it; just a splash, but some. He started to wrap the ones that still had something in them when he noted what Una was examining.

"Like a hell broth boil and bubble, huh?" he said mildly, and nudged it with his shoe as if to check if it was trapped.

"Solid. Heavy. Definitely the real deal. Too bad we don't have anyone magically sensitive around." He had a scanner but it wouldn't work for more than that.