"The good things usually do. I was able to get to quite a bit of mastery in three years, though I think you could manage sealing just one thing - like books - in a shorter time."

"Mm."

"Would you want to go to the library soon, then?"

"If we are going, yes."

"Let me sort my books, then, and let my girlfriend know what I'm up to."

"I'll wait here."

"Alright."

And off to tell the Keres about Hisame's upcoming adventure! The Keres is invited, of course; Hisame can leave a clone here to protect their allies.

A lost spirit library? Sounds like fun.

Definitely! Though she'd rather not kill the librarian. Killing librarians tends to rather tragically lose you access to books! She suspects that goes double with weird spirit librarians.

She'll restrain herself. As a favor to her kitten.

Kiss!

And Hisame finds a book from each of her home world, from Eliana's world, and from Mora's world in her seals, all of which she's memorized and deemed both easy to re-copy later and not critical as reference manuals. (She picked up an entire stack of penny dreadfuls in Mora's world, and had raided their stolen homes for books in both worlds.)

Downstairs, Eliko has prepared a thin stone map that shows the area they're going in more detail.

Hisame's eyes flash red long enough to memorize it.

"This is a desert, you said?"

"Yes."

"Well, we won't be out long enough for water concerns to become critical, at least..."

"So one hopes."

"Are you ready to be whisked away?"

Her face tightens.

"Fine."

"Darling, do you want to do the honors, or should I?"

"You two can lead the way. I'll follow."

"Alright."

Is Eliko willing to be carried? It's unfortunately the easiest way for Hisame to move people around.

If she has to.

Hisame will make a bridal carry as unawkward as possible!

And then they're zooming over the landscape, wind whipping past them - but not as much as it should, given how quickly the world falls away.

(Hisame is maybe pushing herself. She isn't as fast as Madara, not yet, but she's up there when motivated.)

Definitely the fastest she's ever traveled.

The Keres keeps pace.