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Nothing on her screens is flashing at her so: "Yeah."

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Teleport to a nondescript planetoid with a teleport landing platform and emergency supplies in warehouses on the edge - "this is the world between you and the peal, we're calling it #211 at the moment -" Pop - "this is Warp - you'll want to remember these so you can make the trip on your own -"

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"I've got a pretty good memory. Not eidetic. How much detail do I need?"

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"Having been there and having a vague recollection of what you're aiming for should be good enough - if our volunteer feels super strongly you might get a teleport with nicer features, it's a bit hard to predict - this is Revelation -" another platform - "and this is Hell -" another one - "and this is Space, where we will acquire our volunteer -" this time not a platform but an absurdly stunning shiny Elven city.

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"I feel like I've seen this place before. I think Epic might have copied it onto some of his remade planets."

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"I will tell him we're flattered!" And someone comes walking over. "Háyencë, this is Cipher Nine, I would very much like her to have a teleport, Cipher, the way the relevant magic works is that anyone can wish for it, but you only get one wish ever, and it seems very unfair to ask you to spend your one wish on a teleport when you are unforgiveably underinformed about things wishes can do, but we have a couple million citizens some of whom decided they wanted to spend their wishes on useful things that might crop up, so she can wish you a teleport -"

"Thank you for keeping an eye on Epic and helping him so much," the other Elf says cheerfully. 

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"I'm glad I could! We were able to do a lot of good while waiting for his friends to catch up."

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Hex - Stork - Dreamward - Luster - Wish, is Gem free?

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Yup, here she is in her throne room.

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"Hi! Gem, Cipher Nine and Háyencë, Cipher, Gem's the empress of Mîr and has the wishing device -"

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Alt of Boots, presumably. Nice throne. Very tasteful.

"Hello!"

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"Hi, nice to meet you. I assume you've been thanked for looking out for Epic but thanks again."

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"Someone gets dumped practically in your lap under circumstances like those, it'd be pretty bad if you didn't look out for them."

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"Epic's telling suggested you went a little bit out of your way."

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"Not that far, we mostly wanted the same things. And- he's easy to like."

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"He's a good kid. Gem, do you have suggestions on wish wording -"

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"Any features on the teleport you particularly need besides 'is a teleport', anything that might affect wisher oomph -? Oh, and Cipher, wished-on stuff runs on emotional energy, if that affects anything about how you want to try to construct it."

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"What do you mean by 'emotional energy'? Would I only be able to teleport when I'm happy?"

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"It mostly comes up if people try to repeatedly do things that require lots of oomph that they have no strong feelings about at all - like resurrecting a million people one-at-a-time, say - if you were expecting to use it for high-volume boring repetitive work we might want to consider alternative solutions."

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"I've managed this long without it. I'll probably only use it for things like visiting Epic and stick with conventional transport for most purposes."

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"Then I would be surprised if you noticed the emotional energy limitation at all."

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"So as long as the targeting is reasonably intuitive and flexible, I don't think I'll need anything beyond the basics."

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"Okay, then the standard wording for would-be teleporters should be fine." And the wisher is supplied with same.

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And wishes!

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"Thanks you very much!"

She tries to teleport half a meter backwards.

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