Well this is fascinating. Thank you. I am the familiar of a wizard and I do not live in her dreams.

Oh. That seems much more boring. Do you get to explore and see things she doesn't know yet and bring them back? I can't tell my sorcerer about them very well, because she can't hear me, but I think I will be able to soon! Then I can tell her all sorts of things and help her when she's missing them. I think she might be better at knowing about spells than I am right now, but I'm learning! Soon I can help her there too!

There are probably things I know that Felandriel doesn't. I sometimes travel alone.

That makes sense! I can't travel alone or I fall back into her dreams. I guess that's helpful.

So what sort of thing are you? You look like a dragon, but I haven't seen red dragons who can talk without their mouths. Is that a thing?

I am a pseudodragon transformed into the shape of a young red dragon. With some customizations. My true form is much smaller.

Oh! That sounds fun. I like not being squishy, and being able to fly, but maybe there are bigger not-squishy things I could be that could also fly and be good.

It is likely there are... but magic that does long duration transformations is very high circle.

That's okay! I believe in my sorcerer! She is good at things and she will learn and she will be able to cast the neatest magic!

And not-long-duration transformations would also be neat if she can't learn a long one. Maybe I would be squishy for a short time, just not a long time.

Gallipsiwhoop nods. Do you have a name or preferred moniker?

Moniker. Mo-ni-ker. I like that word. I never thought about it! I'm part of my sorcerer, just not the main part of her, so I didn't need a name. But maybe I should have one! Hmmm... I'm her shadow, so like her but upside down and backwards. And her name is like this, <Ten-ced-nil>, and the shadow of the last bit is like this, <Lin>. And I can't tell her things very fast, so I should have a short name. So I'll be <Lin>, and if you said it out loud that would be... Lhín, I think?

It is good to meet you, Lhín. I am known as Gallipsiwhoop.

It's good to meet you too! And your sorcerer!

He sighs. Felandriel is a wizard, not a sorcerer. Sorcerers with familiars are uncommon.

Oh! Okay. It's good to meet you and your wizard!

Felandriel, meanwhile, has spent the past minute inspecting Lhín. "Does the shadow have anything interesting to say, Gallipsiwhoop?"

"Oh, yes. I'd say she's of human intelligence or very close to it. Her name is Lhín. She claims to live in Tencednil's dreams."

"Lhín?" That... ah, that's what the sign was. And of course she doesn't know sign is supposed to be at least a little secret, not that it's actually secret from archmages if they try. (They can probably detect a moment of surprise, followed by a quick realization, and then—)

She nods and smiles gratefully. "Thank you! I didn't have a way to really talk to her, I don't know when I would have learned."

"Wizards gain the ability to speak with their familiars even if they can't normally talk at third circle. I'm not sure if it will happen to you."

She closes her eyes and sighs momentarily. "Well, even if it does, third circle is a long way off. Maybe I'll get there someday, but if every circle needs this much from me it will be a long and risky journey." A smile, a nod. "But definitely less so with the help you've already provided. Thank you, truly. And I'll send those letters if I end up again in Desnus. —Ah, right, and now I need a way back to Korvosa. Which means..."

Sigh. "Which means finding a Teleport up to Janderhoff, doesn't it. Well, that will be a delight. And I'll be leaving Lhín behind, as well, just after learning her name. Ah well, so it goes. The account I gave you the information for was tied to the blackmail, as I may have mentioned — it's too dangerous for me to touch, but you should have no such problem. I leave it in your hands, because I think I can put together the money I need for the Teleports from what I brought and the caravan pay. It would be nice if you were to use it towards some intervention in Korvosa though. Your choice." She scrupulously is not doing anything which looks like asking Felandriel Morgethai to provide her with the teleportation, no matter how obvious that must be to both of them. That, after all, would be presumptuous, and her every movement shows respect.

"I can teleport you back to Korvosa if you want. I need to investigate Ileosa and Togomor anyway, though I doubt I'll get anywhere with the latter. He was last seen in Kaer Maga a little under a decade ago at seventh circle before he abruptly vanished. I expect he's reached eighth circle now."

"That would be kind! Coming from a caravan from Janderhoff would be more consistent with how I departed, but if anyone is tracking me in particular they will have seen the Teleports I purchased, and it's probably a lost cause." She's not actually surprised, but she is clearly thankful, and perhaps she didn't quite believe it before Morgethai made the offer.

"I doubt anyone will notice your arrival because it's not in the logs of incoming teleports. If you're ready to leave we can depart now."

She hesitates for a moment, and doesn't respond to that. (They'll see she wasn't in a quarantine if they look, but that only matters if they search the quarantine records, and Korvosa is imperfect at those, probably especially now with the recent unrest — they could ask the incoming traders, but there are a lot of those and the change of regime will make everything confused — there are ways, the best way to make something seem true is for it to be true, but her being back at the proper time is probably more safety than anything she can get in any other way. And Morgethai's time is valuable.)

"I am." <Also!> "And so is Lhín, I believe."

Felandriel reaches out her hand.

She reaches back.