"I will have it known, miss, that I am in fact a mythic hero only a couple steps down from a demigod!"

"But only for a couple minutes per day, and my reserves for today are almost out. I'll need eight hours of rest to get my magic back. I don't want to die, and I very much prefer you don't either. That said, if the big guy's main damage is of the fire persuasion, I can usually take it easily - but you're the local here, and I won't gainsay you."

"Which reminds me, I still need to fill my ring, do you happen to have some magic of first or second circle I could store in it?"

"It definitely hasn't shown off all its tricks. We'll need to observe, figure it out, gather more people and prepare... And, what? Uh... I have a wand of fly. It's more a stick than a circle though."

"Flight is third circle though, and I already have it. Oh - I should have clarified, I'm a sorcerer specialized in fire magic. If you have a wand of Flight, I have a couple more Invisibilities for the day - the 'curses' didn't seem to detect me when I was invisible and making no noise. I should also have enough energy for four more Dimdoors if things go south, almost a klick in total. Oh, and a couple Fireballs and the usual upcasting us sorcerers can do."

He won't mention the first circle spells, they're unlikely to be relevant for scouting and he has a relatively boring set of them.

"Oh, fire sorcerer, okay. I mostly fight with tooth and claw. The fodder is no real threat to me, probably... Big S or some other nerd will have to recharge it after nine more uses. But yeah, I can tap you with fly. Curses have mostly normal senses... Are you thinking to go observe a bit more, invisibly, then run?"

A... wand you can recharge? Well, if she fights physically, it's probably just a staff and she doesn't know the correct nomenclature.

"How long does the Flight lasts? My Invisibility lasts ten minutes, so I will wait until we're much closer before tapping you. We can definitely observe a bit then run. If things get dicey just grab my hand and I'll teleport us out. I'd prefer not to, to keep it for emergencies, but if we need it - well, that's an emergency, isn't it?"

"...Hmm. The version of Sinnah's Fly in the wand lasts thirty two minutes and puts you down gentle at the end. But it's tricky to learn at first and won't stop you from slamming yourself into a wall by accident."

Thirty two minutes... that's... a very powerful caster, and Extended. Impressive.

"Oh, that's a very good duration! You won't need to worry about my flying skills, I had a lot of practice!"

...Okay, sure. She'll enjoy laughing at him.

"Yeah, Sinnah is great at that stuff. I don't super know her but its Sinnah's Fly because she invented it. Hmm. I can follow your scent pretty easy, probably, and we can talk quietly or whisper to communicate? Priority would be... Figuring out what the big one can do, maybe figuring out what the place used to be. Sometimes that's informative."

"Oh dear, do I smell so badly? I thought I had Prestidigitated myself properly this morning! I have Message for communication, it allows you to reply by just whispering and lasts more than an hour and a half at my power, so I can cast it before we become invisible. If you want to poke the big guy with a stick I can give you the good invisibility, the one that allows you to attack and stay invisible, but it only lasts a minute and it trades off against the teleports."

He will recount what little he has seen of the inside of the building, maybe Vee can have a better guess at what it was used for.

"Nah, you don't stink, fox nose is real good. Huh, how's that message work exactly?"

...Yeah, definitely sounds like some kind of warehouse or military base.

"Like this!"

Reed points and casts Message on her, then takes a few steps back.

"You should be able to hear this, even though I'm whispering."