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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."

me of an old married couple, though I'd never dare say that out

for me while

away from new mates. Wolves don't have the same deep-seated urges for privacy

the subject, I nod towards the papers scattered on the

are you working on? Looks like some kind of

up. "Indeed it is. I'm developing a communication device. Something

in, genuinely curious. "Like

right now, and I'm trying to address that. 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

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pencil and turns to face me fully. "Not everyone in our camp can utilize or sense magic. We need a

Yes. Obviously that's what that means. "Right. Gnomes can't

"We gnomes have always

how does that work with werewolves? I mean, their

that doesn't necessarily translate to an ability to manipulate other forms of magic. It's a bit like how some humans might have

They're intricate, full of symbols I don't understand and diagrams that make my head spin. "So, how exactly would this

energy that can carry messages across distances. Think of it like your human radio waves, but powered

with magical energy, but using it wouldn't require any magical ability from the user. It would

on."

human world and its inventions, but I suppose that's why he works on magical

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