"I can't fly," he confirms.

"Okay, I guess we walk, then." She starts towards the city.

"I could probably come up with something, in the absence of available horses, but it would likely take longer than walking to the city and back."

"What's a horse?"

"A kind of animal upon which one rides to get from place to place faster than walking."

"Huh. We have camels," she offers. "I've never heard of a horse."

"They are... broadly similar," he says. "Mind you, I've only seen drawings of camels."

"I don't think I've seen one in real life either. They're not popular around here, mostly people hire teleporters or use scoots."

"Scoots?"

"A magic vehicle. I've never been in one of those either, when I want to get places I usually fly."

"I suppose they operate on a similar principle to lifts? Floating from place to place? It seems convenient."

"Well, you have to steer them, they don't do it by themselves like that, but yeah, they fly."

He smiles at some private joke.

"What are you going to need besides sheets and clothes?"

"A supply of wood," is the first thing that comes to mind. "If it's possible to obtain some at a price you find reasonable. I have magic with it, and I'd like to continue my experiments."

"I'm not actually sure where to get wood. Art supply store, maybe?" muses Korulen. "What kind do you need, what's it for?"

"Any kind will do, more or less. It's not for any one purpose in particular, although I suppose if I'm staying here long enough I'll want to make a full set of blessing tokens and that would be the easiest way..."

"Blessing tokens?"

"They are... another kind of magic, I suppose you could say. Or possibly religion. In Welce the distinction is less than clear. Forty-three symbols, divided into five groups each associated with an element, and the last three blessings are called 'extraordinary' for not belonging to any element in particular. It's common practice in Welce to go to a temple every so often and draw some blessings from the bin, and the drawn blessings usually prove relevant to one's immediate future in some way. For example, a few hours before you summoned me, I drew 'surprise' three times in a row."

"...Weird. Huh. You think it'll work here?"

"I plan to find out."

"So how much wood do you need for those and for your experiments?"

"Not too much to carry back. I'd be more precise if I was familiar with your units of measurement."

"I'm not very good at estimating weights of things so I'm not sure how to - I weigh about a hundred and ten pounds? Right now, I mean, if I shapeshifted it would obviously be more."