"It definitely is, and also I'd guess once you have the infrastructure to refine and transport oil it might be cheaper?"

Terel can launch right into fascinated questions about Earth's industrial network, then.

And Sadde can answer to the best of his ability (most of which being memorised Wikipedia pages).

...Which isn't really satisfying but sufficient for overviews.

"When I finally go back to my portal to visit home I can get more info, some books—we could do that when we're ready to turn you so you can be under Alec, actually, I didn't think of this before, still not used to his existence."

"Still need to experiment on you with various magical anesthesias."

"Yeah, if any of those work exporting them to the Golden Coven might be the best thing we can do in the next year or so, objectively speaking."

"One can be bought at a convenience store, one needs a doctor's note, one is an expensive amulet, two are kinds of fair folk. Off the top of my head."

"Fair Folk ones are most likely to work, I'd wager."

"Sensible to try the others though."

"Yeah, we'll try all of them—I can do that while you're in class."

So he names every off-the-top-of-his head method and some books that might reveal more.

"And I probably should be getting to class, now that you mention it."

"Yeah; I won't keep you, love."

Off he goes, giving a sarcastic sorta-salute gesture at Sadde.

Really, no kiss?

Well, it might not be impossible if Sadde catches up...

Sadde: will absolutely not do that. He will pine but he will not of his own initiative pursue Terel because that'd be imposing.

Well. Then Terel will go to class.

It's not like Sadde got zero kisses today, maybe he's disinclined to do goodbye kisses? Maybe he just forgot?

In any event it's probably time to track down some of those anesthesia methods.

Yes yes Sadde will do that and try not to read anything into the lack of goodbye kisses because after all it is his brain that is affected by mate magic not Terel's and Terel is in absolutely no way obliged to feel the same way about him and gods will his brain just shut up already let's go after some anesthesia methods.

The local, magical equivalent of Tylenol is easily acquired. The local magical equivalent of Ketamine is not. The amulet-of-painlessness will require some digging too.

But now Sadde has approximately five million Kavased, he can probably dig.

(He could've gone after Terel and asked for a goodbye kiss, couldn't he? But then what if Terel didn't want to be with him in public, maybe that was it? Or what if Terel's having second thoughts? Aaaaaargh.)

Enough digging reveals an amulet of painlessness. Its owner is using it for a chronic condition but is potentially amenable to Sadde renting it for an hour or so some time, for a mildly exorbitant amount.

There were fair folk kinds to look for too, and books.

He actually wants it only for a second, see if it works on his thirst.

Well, let him sit down first, and the mildly exorbitant amount goes down to a merely expensive amount.

Sure, merely expensive he can do.