After giving him a long intense look as if assessing his potential for living up to the Slayer's belief in him, Jazz sniffed her acceptance of what she saw and turned back to the body in front of her.

Melody recognised the look, something she'd seen her mentor use on some customers, and she always believed it was almost as if Jazz was checking for a person's aura, or some sign of dishonesty, because the sniff of acceptance was not always given, and some had been sent scowling from her store with a barely discernible motion of her hand instead.

"So how did you know about the portal?" Melody asked, watching Jazz straighten from where she'd been crouched and head toward the blacker than black opening in the wall down the alley.