"For sure! See you later!"

"See you!"

Dismiss dismiss.

And he writes home and goes home and gives Miranda her presents and asks Cam about Circle Luxembourg.

"It's a cute idea but it's not going to work, it has to be pretty close to flat. If you can find a rotary or a beltway that might work, I don't know off the top of my head if Luxembourg has any."

Well, they can check.

Luxembourg is kind of mountainous but there is a large public square type thing in the middle of Luxembourg City which could hold quite a lot of circle.

He sends off an email explaining this.

Gerlinde would love to complete a circle like that, can he make most of it for her? If she dismisses him after completing it will it still count as live?

Yeah, circles made while he's on a summons are still around when he gets home but if he has a bunch of them again he wouldn't be able to tell which one's hers.

She could do it right after instead? She's a little concerned someone will notice it and damage it.

That's a concern even if she finishes it, if someone then breaks it before he grabs it it won't be there. He could easily get materials that won't come up easily but then the city seems likely to be annoyed with him.

It just has to take a little doing, not necessarily a lot of doing. So like, not chalk, but water-soluble paint?

He can totally do a circle in water-soluble paint. When?

She picks out a time selected for maximum audience.

He takes a summon at the right time.

It's Gerlinde in an alleyway near the square. "Hi!"

"Hi! All set?"

"Yup!"

"You have to offer me a deal."

"Oh, right. Make yourself a big circle like we talked about and I'll tell you the last book I read."

"Done!" And he does that. The binding is exquisitely legal so they will not stress out their anticipated very large audience. 

"It was A War of Lilies," she says, and dismisses him.

- and he waits -

There!

Demon!