“Are you ready?” Eldar asks Lucky as he gathers the items needed to make a portal to the village where Sarah is. Eldar will cast the spell as planned, but Lucky will be part of the ritual so he can observe Eldar more easily and learn from it. Eldar sets the stones as he speaks gibberish. Lucky mouths the words. Eldar subtly moves over each stone before placing them in their dedicated spot. When the circle is complete, he creates elegant hand gestures over the rocks as if blessing them one last time. Then, he lifts his small water flask and pours it into the stone ring. Eldar does it so much more elegantly than Prince Quant did. Even if Eldar warned me, it would look different from what I’ve seen before, I’m surprised. He said opening a portal to a place you have never been to is much mor

