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[Is it possibly for a mental voice to sound giddy? Because there's a distinct giddy tinge to By's thoughts, for all that his words come out with his normal, lazy, lightly Russian-accented drawl.]

Byerly Vorrutyer here. We're on Earth, pre-spaceflight, although someone who isn't me will need to get a better read on the actual date and location. Linguistically, it's a hodgepodge. I can hear archaic Russian, a whole host of Asiatic and Romance languages, and something else I can't quite place.

If you can "hear" this, check in. We need to know who we've got to work with.

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Naoki Konishi checking in. Let's see if I can avoid a side career in bomb disposal this time.

We should all hope for that.

Oh, the first one needed disarming, we would've failed the Grid worse than we failed Purgatory otherwise, I'm willing to bet. I just don't want it to be necessary.

In any case, this is no Earth history I'm familiar with, which is going to make things... interesting. I'm keeping my ears open while I look around this market, to see if I can't find out anything more useful, but there's so much going on and a lot of it in languages I don't know that I don't think I'll get a whole lot.

Also still looking out for my friends, but so far I haven't seen any of them. [...Unless that showoff princess was supposed to be Naoto.

oh boy.]

That's what I meant, Konishi. But thank you for the intelligence.

I'll be keeping an eye out for those I know as well.

You're welcome.

[Some time later, quietly enough that it's likely Naoki doesn't realise he's broadcasting it:]

Oh, come on, that's not even proper alchemy.

[Byerly's mental voice sounds amused.]

I suppose you would know, Konishi.

Of course I would, I'm the foremost alchemical expert in a place none of these people have ever heard of.

It sounds the same, they're using a lot of the same vocabulary and I can follow discussions right up until they get to results. And then I'm completely lost. This is something closer to standard chemistry, but not quite that either. [And they almost certainly can't turn lead into gold. It's like they're not even trying.

...On the other hand, this means not having to worry about someone else with the capability of making a Philosopher's Stone. Naoki barely trusts himself with that power.]

I wouldn't recommend trying half these concoctions. The side effects don't sound worth it.

I'll keep that in mind.

Will you try to set yourself up as an alchemist here, then?

No. I'd probably have to pass myself off as an apprentice.

[The very idea, after Melasurei, leaves a bad taste in his mouth.]

Oh, yes. I see how that might be aggravating. Well, let us know when you do find a place for yourself here--or if you haven't by the end of the day or so let us know as well. I'm sure someone might be able to find you one.

I'll come up with something. [Worst case, he'll see about helping Adachi-san wrangle Naoto. It sounds like he might need it.]

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