“Ah. That’s too bad”, the Sphinx said. She sighed.

“See, it might be said that a relative of mine is held in a prison of sorts as well. But I do not think there is any brother that could free him, and if there is any opening at all, I don’t know about it.” And so this was a dead end, too, just like all the other options that had, at some point, looked even slightly promising.