Spell of Proof Still Distant Belle is rewarded for defeating the slavers. Gaff tells her about two other knights, the shapeshifting mermaid Tiziano, and Adonis. Gaff breaks up a fight between Adonis and some knights who hate him for his habit of looting weapons from corpses. Belle takes a liking to some kitten-like creatures, but the next day, she finds some knights killed them and beat up Adonis for defending them. Enraged, Belle beats them up. Adonis says he heard Sian call Belle the Girl of Reason, but they do not know what that means...