Book 4. Chapter 4
Lumina couldn’t stay long after delivering her message, so Brin and Hogg pulled the spell down again. Brin immediately spun up some new threads to start comprehending the spell in full in case he ever needed to do the entire thing himself. One directed thread to start reading through the portions Hogg had done, another directed thread to monitor the first one and create new threads any time they failed. Then he made a conscious thread to start figuring out the words he still didn’t know. That last one returned pretty quickly.
CT1: I don’t really feel like doing this right now. Returning.
Ridiculous! But then he got the short length of memories from that thread, and it was true. After everything he’d learned from Lumina just now, he found it hard to think about something else. He put a directed thread on the case, though he doubted that it would be able to accomplish much.
“I think I've finally gotten everything I need to start taking back my holdings here in Blackcliff,” said Hogg.
Brin shook off the thoughts of threads. Right, he’d been waiting for this. “Lumina already sent you the writ from the King and the First Bank of Frenaria. What else did you need?”
“Information. Never go to battle with a [Merchant] without knowing everything there is to know about everything. They’ve got a hundred and one Skills to screw you over and the only counter is information. Today, we’ll be talking to [Merchant] Fernand Riposto about my physical property here in Blackcliff and Glyn Wogan about my shipping and commodities. Obviously I’m more worried about the second one."
“Really? Sion told me he put in a good word for you.”
“That’s why I’m worried. I mean, what should I wear? How should I act?”
“I guess wear what you always wear and act how you always act? I’m confused. You’ve done this a hundred times before. What are you worried about? Sion is a friend, and his uncle Glyn is really nice.”