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This is a weird thing.
"Are you sure it's not just artificed folded space?" Kayam asks again.
"I'm sure. It's not completely unlike it, but the flavor's different. I think there's an artifact around somewhere but it's not doing your thing, it's doing - something else. I think ravelers must have worked together on this..."
"...and none of them was a folder."
"None of them was a folder. I've never seen the thing this is before. There's got to be an artifice -"
Shara takes a step closer.
She trips.
"MILADY -"
And then Shara can't hear the rest of Kayam's scream, because she's somewhere else, too quick to reravel or even start to try.
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"Isn't it nice when fate works out like that instead of arbitrarily fucking you over?"
"Yes. ...Although unless you give me really good magic widgets or it turns out I can handle local magic with amazing efficiency it might well not work however heroic we're being; I'm supposed to complete my heroic adventures with peers or inferiors in general competence."
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"Does present a bit of a problem, yes; I'm constitutionally incapable of being inferior to anyone. How about if we hear about some Sidereal cursing a town or something, we send you off to handle it all by your lonesome? Quite heroic, very low probability of death."
"That would probably work. Of course, whether I obey my original parameters is moot if I never get home..."
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"Oh, come on, if anybody has a chance of working it out then we do. No need to dwell. Solar tactics 101: Don't plan for failure, because you're not going to fail."
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"Oh. The ones who aren't me die sometimes, yes. I was just trying to be reassuring, really, feel free to plan competently."
"I do like competent planning. Although 'tripped into a portal' wasn't my finest moment. I'm supposed to be less susceptible to tripping than I once was, but evidently not immune."
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"No one is immune to tripping," Aril comments sagely. "Some are less immune than others."
"Yeah. I don't know what Kayam thought happened to me but I'm sure she's beating herself up for not catching me."
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"Tragic indeed. No one should be denied the panoply of sex the world has to offer. Would you like me to fix that?"
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"Suit yourself, then. Seems a shame, but it's your heart. And hers, I suppose."
"Just as a general rule I don't want anything in my head 'fixed' or edited or looked at or changed or added to or removed or anything."
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"Well, that's... fair enough. I'll bear it in mind. If you accidentally see me dancing or hear me singing, close your eyes or ears and resist very hard."
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"Well, it's not a guarantee, if you're strong-willed you can resist it, but mortals who see me perform tend to fall in love with me. It's only temporary, and I can take it back entirely with some work, but I can't control it, and I get the feeling you wouldn't be a fan of the whole experience."
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He carries on. "Anybody who really hates it resists, and they get a headache for a while but they haven't done anything they regret. And the rest of them have the best time of their lives - and I'm not exaggerating, you understand. There's nothing that can't be enhanced with Solar radiance. And I bless their crops, and they have healthy and fertile children... It works out for everyone."