"Did you really think it wouldn't?" Lorcan asked calmly -- or as calmly as he could with Corrie in such a state. Agitation was contagious, and he was already on edge; he wasn't as calm as he'd like to be.
"I have to," he said. "My grandfather's in trouble, the world's in trouble, and I can't do anything here. Magic isn't just gone, it's dying."