THE ELEVEN CITIES II
When Bart said this, the sides of Alex's lips began twitching. ['Do we have to torture this teddy bear before he'll be willing to speak?']
['I don't think so, he doesn't sound like he has a choice.'] Al said.
"Why can't you tell us?" Camron asked.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you about what happened, it's just that I can't. I might look like I haven't been put under a spell too, but that's not what it really is. Mine, and the rest of us that aren't petrified or under hypnosis, activate conditionally. Only when they need to use us. If we try to leave this area they- cough, cough!" Bart began coughing. "See, I can't even tell you guys this much without being affected." Bart's face contorted in pain.
"What type of spell are you under?" Nana muttered, but her question was a rhetorical one as she knew that Bart couldn't speak.