"Sovi -"

There's a shriek from down the hall and Belmarniss tells the shrieker "Shut up and I won't dissolve your face" and he stops shrieking and instead cringes.

Sovi says, "Niss?"

"Yeah. You need to pack anything?"

"- uh -"

"I recommend the answer be no."

"No."

"Cool. Let's get out of here."

"Who's this guy, your -"

"He's our ride." Sovi huffs and holds out her hand.

And he Teleports them back.

"Ow fuck ow," says Sovi, clapping her hands over her eyes.

"Penumbra - do you not have that -" says Belmarniss.

"I don't and anyhow you didn't warn me!"

"Sorry. I'll think through my next kidnapping better."

Sovi rubs her eyes and squints. "I have Drench and Mage Hand and that's it, I never got farther than that."

"Huh."

"So where are we?"

"Osirion. Sothis."

"Wow. Why?"

"I've been based here for a while. Are you going to thank Mahdi?"

This had not occurred to Sovi. "Uh, thanks."

"Any time! For five hundred gold, a thousand for a round trip." But he smiles at Belmarniss. "I'll let you two get caught up?"

"Yeah. Thanks so much."

"Why can't you teleport?" Sovi asks.

"Why can't you cast Penumbra?"

"Oh, come on."

"I got Rynaeri and Chal."

"Aw, does that mean I don't get to follow you around on your adventures?"

"Even if I didn't have them I would not have you follow me around on my adventures while you know Drench and Mage Hand, I'd just set you up with - I don't know, fire response night shift? And maybe cover your rent for a while."

"I don't have Chimney."

"This is the surface, anything that's on fire long enough has a chimney."

"Oh. Yeah, that's a good idea then!"

They walk to Rynaeri and Chal's place.