Chapter Two Hundred Thirty-Three: 'The Mouth of Atreya...'
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At the Queen's behest, Hector ended up spending considerably more time in Lorent than expected. After she heard his version of events so far, she told him that she was sending her best negotiator to meet up with him and that he should hold off on a formal meeting with the President until then. Apparently, it was going to be a few days.
Hector had of course asked for the name of this negotiator, and when she told him, a smile crossed his face.
In the interim while they waited, Hector had to find things to do. Thankfully, it wasn't very hard. He was able to explore the city a bit more and see some of the sights. He still couldn't really get over the fact that there were so many houses with trees growing out of them, but he did have to admit that they were usually quite beautiful, especially the larger ones.
He dined on more Lorentian cuisine, too, of course. Personally, he didn't think it was all that different from Atreyan cuisine, but Garovel pointed out that maybe he was being a bit biased after having tried some of the crazy food in the Undercrust.
And he made sure to meditate as well. He wanted to practice his materialization more, but this didn't quite seem like the time or place for it when there were so many strangers around. He tried out that "Sto" technique that Emiliana had mentioned to him, and even thought he got a handle on it.
But he wasn't really sure what to do with it. A so-called "storage" state of consciousness. There had to be some way he could use this, he felt. Just because it was designed for mutation users didn't mean that he couldn't take advantage of it at all, right?
Well, maybe not. Nothing was coming to mind, at least. Maybe he could store techniques in there? But in what way, exactly? And more importantly, for what purpose?
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At the Queen's behest, Hector ended up spending considerably more time in Lorent than expected. After she heard his version of events so far, she told him that she was sending her best negotiator to meet up with him and that he should hold off on a formal meeting with the President until then. Apparently, it was going to be a few days.
Hector had of course asked for the name of this negotiator, and when she told him, a smile crossed his face.
In the interim while they waited, Hector had to find things to do. Thankfully, it wasn't very hard. He was able to explore the city a bit more and see some of the sights. He still couldn't really get over the fact that there were so many houses with trees growing out of them, but he did have to admit that they were usually quite beautiful, especially the larger ones.
He dined on more Lorentian cuisine, too, of course. Personally, he didn't think it was all that different from Atreyan cuisine, but Garovel pointed out that maybe he was being a bit biased after having tried some of the crazy food in the Undercrust.
And he made sure to meditate as well. He wanted to practice his materialization more, but this didn't quite seem like the time or place for it when there were so many strangers around. He tried out that "Sto" technique that Emiliana had mentioned to him, and even thought he got a handle on it.
But he wasn't really sure what to do with it. A so-called "storage" state of consciousness. There had to be some way he could use this, he felt. Just because it was designed for mutation users didn't mean that he couldn't take advantage of it at all, right?
Well, maybe not. Nothing was coming to mind, at least. Maybe he could store techniques in there? But in what way, exactly? And more importantly, for what purpose?
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