As far as I can tell, my dear, your presence would be the only thing that could make it in any way appealing. But perhaps it's best if you go about your ... other plans. Your arrival could not be anything but conspicuous.

Currently, I believe what 'happened' is that Bode has bungled his calculations on the latest stone going live. You're aware that to-day is the equinox, of course: The St David's location was expected to flare (to the extent they were ever 'expected' to do anything, mind) but Mysteries received report of disturbances in northern Scotland instead.

We were despatched to this ... wasteland ... to determine whether the flare was the result of tampering or what Bode now has the audacity to call 'normal' activation.