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In the morning, Isabella does her best to extricate herself without prematurely waking Adarin. They don't need to leave on anything like a tight schedule.
She's not nearly graceful enough to reliably manage this, of course.
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dark_light
kindestgarden
"...I don't suppose I could come along if I just left Castarilan behind? We are a witch. I'd like to see another world."
prodigal_miser
Nuzzle.
"Er. If you really want? I mean, apparently the light is wonderful."
"Er. If you really want? I mean, apparently the light is wonderful."
dark_light
"Oh wow, yes, I forgot about that aspect entirely - Mom, they have two moons, and no light pollution, it's a tidally locked planet so there's an entire hemisphere that's all night, it's lovely."
kindestgarden
"It sounds beautiful. And Castarilan has stayed here while I've gone off on adventures before."
prodigal_miser
Adarin laughs. "Then I have no problem with it, and I will do my best to keep you safe during your visit. You'd need the translation spell, though, unless you'd like us to translate for you?"
dark_light
"You're going to have to keep it under wraps, though, Mom - no one will notice if you go to Tibet by yourself and talk to people you don't know, but if you go with friends, they might detect your sudden polyglottalism."
prodigal_miser
Adarin nods. "Though we can always say you did it, Isabella. I'm fine with you taking credit for my magic."
dark_light
"It's probably best if I don't come out with a lot of near-simultaneous revolutionary advances. If it gets out, I'll take the credit, but I'd rather it didn't since the portals are already a given."
kindestgarden
"Awww. Okay, I'll keep my travels with friends confined to the English-speaking parts of the world till you give me the go-ahead."
prodigal_miser
"Well. Anytime, I suppose? If that's all right with all parties involved. I just need to find my translation spell, I've got the mana for it, it's not a huge spell, just complicated."
He retrieves and flips through his book of spell cheat sheets.
Absently, he adds, "Won't have enough to teleport us home if you want me to cast it now, though."
He retrieves and flips through his book of spell cheat sheets.
Absently, he adds, "Won't have enough to teleport us home if you want me to cast it now, though."
dark_light
"How much does the mana requirement for teleportation go up if there's more people?" wonders Isabella.
prodigal_miser
"Some, it's not nothing but it's not as much as doing another teleportation entirely. If I'm teleporting a lot of people it's better to do it in one go rather than making trips."
dark_light
"You could cast Mom's translation now, we could crash here overnight - unless Dad's going to make a fuss about you being in my room? - and we could teleport home and go through the portal in the morning?"
sundayfish
Charlie snorts. "Pretty sure your sleeping arrangements've been out of my hands for God only knows how long."
prodigal_miser
Adarin is so not commenting on that. He does blush, a bit, and become much more interested in his book than he was before.
"Found it," he pronounces, reading over it. "Give me a bit."
"Found it," he pronounces, reading over it. "Give me a bit."
prodigal_miser
He smiles a little at Isabella's shoulder pats.
"I built it so that it doesn't just automatically translate everything for you. It gives you translations for what's being said, and when you want to say something in a language it will give you the words to say, a pronunciation guide, and grammar information if you want it. It's all in your mind, but it stays nicely out of the way as you learn the language yourself, and if you don't ask it questions it won't bother you at all except translating things you don't understand. As you understand them, it'll phase out and stop translating them."
"I built it so that it doesn't just automatically translate everything for you. It gives you translations for what's being said, and when you want to say something in a language it will give you the words to say, a pronunciation guide, and grammar information if you want it. It's all in your mind, but it stays nicely out of the way as you learn the language yourself, and if you don't ask it questions it won't bother you at all except translating things you don't understand. As you understand them, it'll phase out and stop translating them."
prodigal_miser
Adarin giggles. "I'm really proud of it, actually. Took me weeks. Any questions, or are you ready?"