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311 Lisa: Would a Watch Work?

LISA

"You've gotten fat. Elverly greets me, in that traditionally hateful way of hers.

Does the fact that I missed her toxic tongue mark me as abnormal? Probably. But I hug her anyway, smiling when her body doesn't tense, even as she grumbles at me for touching her without permission.

The rest of the night with Kellan was nothing but awkward silence. Being away from him is a blessing right now. I just keep thinking about how he smelled-yeah. No. Not thinking about that. "I'll ask next time. How have you been?"

Elverly's snort could mean anything really, but I choose to interpret it as I've missed you too.

Maybe I'm psychotic. Or delusional. But I'm pretty sure that's what she means.

"Their food is terrible," she mutters. "Not a cook among them."

"They are refugees from war," says the Grand Sage, sounding rather resigned. "It isn't as though they would gather the kitchen before escaping."

"Food is important, the old gnome woman snaps. "Eating well is an important part of recovery."

""Yes, yes."

dare say that out loud. Elverly might actually

the safest place for me while Ava and Lucas are... you

to step away from new mates. Wolves don't have the same

at the implication. Desperate to change the subject, I nod towards the papers scattered on the table in front of

Looks like some

developing a communication device. Something smaller

I lean in, genuinely curious. "Like a

But I'm working with limited options due to our lack of supplies." We're refugees, after all. It's not like we have access to the latest tech or endless resources. "Plus," he continues, "it needs

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Would a

do you mean by

"Not everyone in our camp can utilize or sense magic. We need a device that anyone

"Right. Gnomes can't use magic. Or

gnomes have always been

that work with werewolves? I mean, their whole shifting thing

a form of innate magic that allows them to shift. But that doesn't necessarily translate to an ability to manipulate other forms of magic. It's a bit like how some humans might have extraordinary physical abilities but no talent for, say, mathematics. They are unrelated. Now, let's

of symbols I don't understand and diagrams that make my head spin. "So, how

against the paper. "The basic principle is to create a network of energy that can

but using it wouldn't require any magical ability

on."

how familiar the gnome is with our human world and its inventions, but I suppose that's why he works

and they're not easy to come by in our current situation. And then there's the matter