She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
Sarati wanders back up around lunch time. There's pretty much just dried fish and fruit on offer, plus their own supplies.
Tetsuma can see getting sick of this after a while, but for now it's fine.
More practice (and kisses) after lunch?
Absolutely! And he probably won't get sick of this, magic practice and kissing are two of the best things in life.
Are architectural illusions simple enough that he'll be able to show his Sarati his world soon?
...It depends on how detailed he wants to get, and how good he is at making the fiddly little details behave. He'll almost certainly be able to do a low-fidelity but good enough illusion by the second stop, though.
"You're amazing," Tetsuma says with a kiss. "It took me a week to get this far."
She beams. "This is way more fun than the other parts of your magic and those are already very fun!"
"You'll be completely terrifying once you figure out the other senses."
"We're going to get back to my world and everyone will turn over a new leaf and promptly make you Empress when they see how nice and amazing you are."
She laughs. "If only it were that easy. Any judgmental crowns in your world, perhaps?"
"Unfortunately not that I know of. Though being conspicuously nice and powerful might actually do something. There's - an idea among shinobi, that your philosophy affects your power, so powerful people must have correct philosophies."
"I don't know! It might be true? It's - really powerful shinobi tend to have really strong convictions, and unless all our stories are wrong this has been part of our culture since the Sage of Six Paths."
"That's just selection bias, though, when you're powerful enough it's easy to believe stuff and not be challenged on it."
"I'm - not sure. Sometimes it seems like my world's set up as a - clash of philosophies. And people who have strong convictions tend to become powerful, though that might just be a motivation thing."
"Then I'll just use my conviction that the best way to coexist is peacefully and respectfully and satisfying everyone's preferences to the best of our ability and win because I'm right."
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