"I should really translate my wall-walking spell into Marlese."

"And I should give you my notes on the perception spell."

"I may as well loan you my copies of my published spellbooks, too, unless they've already made their way into the library, I hadn't thought to check. The ones I published are mostly just improvements on standards that are already floating around, though."

He nods. "Thank you, I'll look into them."

"I did write a few originals just to make sure I knew how to do it in general, for the big complicated projects. I can fly, for instance. But it's got about five minutes duration for fifteen charging, which was very disappointing."

"That... Does sound kind of disappointing, but it could be useful in certain situations."

"Sure. I'm glad I have it rather than not, but I don't use it for recreational swooping around like I was hoping. I've considered redoing it from scratch and seeing if I get better luck with a different configuration but I've had other priorities."

He nods. "I know the feeling there. I've been trying to work on something that lets food keep for longer periods of time, to help with transporting it to places far away and reduce disease by it spoiling.."

"I have one that freezes water, in, not arbitrary quantities, but potentially large ones. With the right sort of boat you could turn it into an icebox for at least medium-sized journeys, longer if there were waystations with spellbinders between the starting and ending points."

"Useful, but not quite as permanent as I'd like. I can freeze water, too, I'm just trying to get as much food as possible onto a boat without spoiling things - ice takes up a lot of space if you want it to keep for longer."

"Ice floats, but of course then it would melt faster."

"Yes. Maybe there's a way to make it permanent? Spend a hex on some and it'll never melt, or something?"

"...I bet I could hex that up. I'm not sure if the permanent ice would be cold in the same way without a large part of the spell devoted to ensuring it though."

"We can always test it!" says Edarial, brightly. "That one's got no problems with being tested."

"Except for a dayful of spells, but yes. As long as we have a good place to put a permanent ice raft if it turns out to be just sort of like glass."

"Tourist attraction. Make a huge, pretty boat out of it, go on journeys to places."

"Well, I wouldn't want to make the prototype too huge to go in a canal, ideally with room to let a canoe pass by."

"Right, but it could be a good money maker."

"Are we hurting for money, or are there just - thousands of potential applications and more everywhere you look?"

"Second thing! I like charities, especially the smart ones that use their resources well."

Iobel nods emphatically.

He smiles at her.

"... Wow, you guys are a lot a like, I didn't think you were right when you said it, Iobel, but damn!"

"I told you. He sounds like a less self-centered more uptight male version of me, the way you described him."

"Or you are a more self-centered less uptight female version of him," teases Zevros.