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Elspeth does not at all feel the way her mama does about mindreading. She is in fact rather the opposite. So she thinks nothing of accepting Downside's admin's invitation to visit and see whether judgesight picks up the memory dump she carries around in her head. Jane drops her right there - Elspeth has her own Janegem, a little yellow charm hanging from a choker she wears - and she goes to visit the admin.
her_imperial_radiance
"I guess that's true. Well, you can give it to me if you want, I don't have to use it I guess. But can you make it so Addy can't copy it? I don't think anybody but Addy wants that."
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"Not many," she says. "You might find it interesting to watch from the roof of the tower when the sky switches."
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The ceiling above them becomes transparent. The sky above that is split down the middle as though cut with a knife, one side showing day, the other showing night. The line between them precisely follows the - equally straight on average - cliffs that bisect the landscape beneath.
"The sky switches," the admin confirms.
"The sky switches," the admin confirms.
her_imperial_radiance
"Okay. I'll go hang out in the Bells' office till then and then go have a looksee," Elspeth says. "I have no idea what it'll do to my sleep cycle, so, Jane, after I've seen that, just go ahead and send me home if I fall asleep?"
her_imperial_radiance
Elspeth teleports to the Bell office and makes sure everything in it is straightened up. One person comes in with a question, which she answers as long as she's there.
And then the Janepoint in the office beeps.
Elspeth frowns and reads the message and clears it away.
[Jane's... lost connectivity,] she tells the admin. [I don't know why.]
And then the Janepoint in the office beeps.
Elspeth frowns and reads the message and clears it away.
[Jane's... lost connectivity,] she tells the admin. [I don't know why.]
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[I noticed,] she says. [There's no technical problem with her ansibles that I can detect. The source of the issue is outside my domain.]
her_imperial_radiance
Elspeth goes there.
She starts opening doors.
(She does take a break to watch the sky switch.)
She starts opening doors.
(She does take a break to watch the sky switch.)
her_imperial_radiance
Elspeth goes back to the library when it's through and continues opening doors. Her sleep cycle decides that the sky switching is sunset, and she goes and crashes in the office when she's tired, then starts up again.