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She appears above a bit of frozen wasteland. She falls, conscious but without making a peep, to the ground, and breaks a few more bones.
She lies there.
promise and leareth
It will take him a couple hours, and the light isn't strong, but eventually - there it is, a little point of white light just like Promise's.
the-final-accounting
That is absolutely the most fascinating thing. He's so curious - presumably this would have worked all along, if anyone in Velgarth had ever thought to try the right sequence of mental motions.
He focuses on the light for a while, until he's too tired to concentrate and expects to lose it, but - no, huh, it's still there and apparently unchanged.
He studies it with mage-sight, not probing actively but just looking, checking if there's anything there.
the-final-accounting
Leareth wonders how long it'll stay there all by itself. He stays and watches, half thinking about other matters but paying some attention to whether the light is dimming, or seems to be losing energy to its surroundings, or any other change.
the-final-accounting
After a candlemark of staring at it, Leareth gets bored and goes looking for Promise.
the-final-accounting
"I have a great deal of practice at learning things. I do not suppose you know anything about the history of how sorcery was discovered in Fairyland? I was wondering why it seems no one in Velgarth ever stumbled onto it."
the-final-accounting
"Would you have reason to expect fairies to have a great affinity for learning it than mortals? ...At the very least I suppose they have more time. Being immortal."
the-final-accounting
"Mmm. I suspect my other people will take much longer to get the hang of it, but perhaps I can help coach them as well as you."
imeanforever
"That'll speed things up. It's hard to teach because so much of it is about thinking about it in the right way - though I guess some of you folks can read minds -"
the-final-accounting
"I do not mind having my mind read for this purpose, so hopefully I can help the others pick it up faster."
imeanforever
"Mm-hm. I got a light in about an hour but I did it in pitch dark inside my tree, so it was easier."
the-final-accounting
"Ah, does that make it easier? I can keep that in mind when teaching the others."
imeanforever
"I'm really familiar with my tree and you don't have to compensate for a lot of existing light if there isn't any."
the-final-accounting
"That makes sense. Very familiar locations are easier, then, I will plan for that as well. I should probably spend a week just on practicing before I start teaching, so I can convey more. Is there anything else I ought keep in mind?"
imeanforever
"It gets more complicated from lights on up but the basic principles are the same - you need to know where and on what you're casting. Lights are simple because they only need a where, they aren't cast on a target person or object."
the-final-accounting
"Could I cast a light on a target, such as, hmm, a book or something? So that they light would stay on it if I picked it up and took it to another room?"