[ The little joke — (it's a joke, isn't it?) – solicits a light chuckle out of Sam who, for some inexplicable reason, imagines he'll wonder about any frog he sees while out and about going forward. Wanda, he'd like to think, is probably inoffensive in general since most people are (but couldn't the same be said of Sam and proven wrong in the same breath?). ]

So this was held off from the others before now?

[ Her comment piques Sam's interest as something he hadn't heard in the mutterings since his arrival. They'd disclosed the tensions but the buzz of those Summoned in Nocwich, now in retrospect, had felt nearly exuberant for the access. It makes more sense now. ]

Why? For that matter, why is the access limited now that it's available? Are they expecting trouble?

[ And would they really be wrong to do so? Sam wonders as much as he half follows Wanda's lead and half forges his own. ]