There are always powers, unfortunately, but the movement currently is greater than normal. Clara will likely be unable to avoid it sooner or later.

"Knowledge is often a deciding factor. Be informed. It is why I sit here now. Learning the movements of your city. Listening for whispers of information." Mab let her gaze fall entirely back on Clara as opposed to the unfocused look she'd given previously. "Knowledge is something even a ghost can obtain." It wouldn't be particularly safe to gain knowledge but it wasn't like jumping into a fight with nothing but what was left on earth of your soul. "You are the only one who can decide how you wish to involve yourself if you wish to do so at all. It would, perhaps, be safer not to do so. Even knowledge can be dangerous to those who have it."