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Leareth tosses up a threshold on the doorway nearby, then starts concentrating. This is a trickier kind of Gate and the search will take him longer. 

"A pinhole?" he says blankly. "I think I am missing something - I fail to see how that would help with gravity." 

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"Very tiny black hole. Do you know about those?"

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Rethwellani does, in fact, have a speculative astronomy term that approximately translates.

Leareth's eyes narrow a little; he has to concentrate harder not to lose the Gate-search spell. The space station is moving relative to him which does not make this any easier. 

"- Yes, our scholars have considered the concept - I was not aware it was possible for them to exist with less mass than a large star - how massive is yours...?" He's not sure how massive it would have to be to throw off a Gate-search. He's never had any reason to consider that question before. 

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"I could look that up for you, but it's surrounded by very fancy magnets, will that affect anything?"

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...Leareth sighs, and holds the terminus but gives up on the search. It hasn't found anything yet anyway. 

"It should not disrupt building a threshold there, but it might affect the targeting for the search. What are the magnets for - containing it and protecting the surrounding matter? ...Do your scholars have notation for representing magnetic forces visually? If you could show me an approximation, that would help me to adjust and target the Gate." 

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"This is sounding very complicated and I can also just fly there like I normally do."

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"- It is probably safe but I cannot say I have ever Gated to near a black hole before, tiny or not. I do not mind trying the search for thirty seconds and aborting if it is unstable at that point?" 

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"Your call."

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"Well, I must say I am curious." Oh, and also if he gets it this time, he'll almost certainly be able to reach Cam's ship again later. "I was nearly there - I will try it." 

He concentrates again, this time adding in the sense that the ship, while free-falling, has gravity - he guesses it's aiming for around the same gravity as Earth's surface - and magnetic forces nearby - 

He probably didn't actually need the latter two adjustments. The search-point stabilizes easily, and doesn't seem to be under unusual strain; there was even a doorway visible in the image Cam showed him, so he can built the other end fast. 

- Gate! 

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"Thanks! You do not have permission to come aboard and you don't want to get into a fight with me about it. Write me with questions and comments." He steps through.

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No, he probably doesn't want to get in a fight about it, having seen in even more detail what Cam can do. He may, however, at some point urgently want Cam where he is. 

"I will," he says, nods, and takes down the Gate. 

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The door to the room where Kilchas was, until recently, sleeping, flies open. "- Cam? What in all hells - how -" 

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"Got another summon. Sounded like there was some kind of issue on this end and I can always go home again if I have to. How are you guys doing?"

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"Not - great. ...Wait, a summon from who? Jisa again? Who else even knows how to summon you?" 

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"Leareth! It's cool, the summon was unbound, though if you want to check me over for creepsome mind control please be my guest. Apparently gods try to kill him constantly anyway so this won't change much. Can I help with the not great?"

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"How did - what - oh, hellfires, he's got spies in Haven - he got his hands on one of those circles you left around, Randi isn't going to be happy at all–" 

Kilchas cuts himself off and takes a deep breath. "Sorry. I - can you get us off this goddamned space station. My Companion isn't speaking to me, can tell he needs space - apparently a whole lot of them are doing this, I don't have the faintest idea what's wrong with them, I just - it's been kind of an awful night up here." He shakes his head. "Thought I liked space." 

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"Yeah, I can get you a ride down, uh, do you and him need separate trips?"

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Kilchas shivers. "I...would prefer that. Sorry it's so inconvenient, I just..." He trails off. 

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"Not your fault. Do you want to go first or should I fetch Rohan?"

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"You can get Rohan first, er, I think he's– Nevermind. I'm just going to, er..." And Kilchas ducks back into the room he emerged from and shuts the door. 

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Cam goes looking for Rohan. Since he has cameras this doesn't take long.

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Rohan is at the very far end of the space station, as far away from Cam as he could possibly get. 

He was shielding his Chosen out and didn't hear the earlier conversation, so he raises his head and looks at Cam in bafflement. He doesn't ask, though. 

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"Ride back planetside?"

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Oh, that's convenient, he doesn't have to say anything. Rohan nods, and readies himself to follow Cam out. 

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Cam flies him to Haven, drawing up a plan for antiparasitics deployment on the way down.

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