Book 4. Chapter 16
They were still on the way to where Lurilan had spotted a Mud Slider when noon drew near, meaning it was nearly time for their call with Lumina.
Brin and Hogg had a brief discussion about whether or not to include Lurilan, and decided that they might as well. Anything that they couldn't discuss around Lurilan they really shouldn't speak of out loud at all, especially not over a long-distance spell.
They asked Lurilan to find a secluded spot, and he brought them to a clearing in a copse of trees up against a hill that blocked the line of sight in every direction.
Still, Brin decided to be careful and mask them all in a wide cylinder of invisibility. He didn't even need to use the new [Split Focus] elements of [Multithreading] they'd been practicing. Two directed threads and a hefty drain on his Mana took care of it with a barely noticeable effect on his perception of time.
He and Hogg went through the long process of setting up the communication spell. Hogg had spent some time running Brin through the words of Language in the spell that Brin didn't know, but he still needed Hogg's help to get it working. Doing it alone would require several days or maybe weeks of concentrated study, and neither of them had thought it worth wasting their one-week cram session on that.
When Brin finally finished his part of the spell, it was a few minutes after noon. Hopefully Lumina didn't mind.
He pushed his Mana into the spell, felt it connect with Hogg's portions, and Lumina appeared. She was facing the wrong way, and when she turned around she greeted them all with a warm but weary smile.
"Oh, good, you made it. I was beginning to worry. Is that Lurilan? Excellent! Hogg, am I solid?"
"You are," answered Hogg.