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
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
[Where's someplace with a lot of doors I can open and close?]
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[Downside's library contains the most doors of any building or complex in 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.
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Downside's library contains a lot of doors.
The number is not technically infinite, but it is enough to ensure that she need not repeat any if she doesn't want to.
The number is not technically infinite, but it is enough to ensure that she need not repeat any if she doesn't want to.
her_imperial_radiance
Elspeth does tend to get better results from doors she hasn't tried recently, so she doesn't repeat herself.
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