“Chance played as much part as strategy”, uh, didnt niers hate luck?

ah, 4 very big chapters that are the prelude for the meeting, magnolia the bitch was quite more direct, and i suppose her employ of assasins thats being heavyly stated would mean thaat no spies could gather what she did. Niers have foliana which is supposingly the best one there is, but such an excentric characther that cant be counted on. Then again everyone of importance have already some otherwolders in hand, who is to say that the sulfur delivery wasnt another plot yet to be stated.
and such a very unrelated plot to erin!.

There has been a few mentions of people disappearing or getting separated from their groups, so it’s possible. But for people transported at different times/locations to randomly know someone else that was transported? Very low. Literally like 1 in 10 million or so, factoring in how many have died after being sent to Innworld.

If you mean simply recognizing someone else from Earth on the scrying orbs… Possible, but probably unlikely. Unless they’ve still got their Earth clothes on, there really shouldn’t be much to distinguish them from other humans. Or maybe if someone got shown using a phone, or something like that.

“A feast!”

“A feast indeed! My people are setting up across the city, so don’t swarm them here! I’m renting every inn, pub, and miserable dive in the city! Open your doors! And if one of my students leaves Daquin sober, I’m expelling that student on the spot!”

Every time I see Niers I like him more. I’m actually liking the Baleros stuff so much it’ll be a shame when they leave for Izril

And they were right to wonder. And right to suspect. But the truth was that it was all a feint. The game. Tulm. Even Niers’ question and his gift to Umina, which he’d have to come up with. Oh, he always had his game. And he always liked it to be fun. But this time, it had all been to arrange one meeting. Such a casual one that while everyone stared at Niers’ grand plots and designs, they missed the little trick, the moment hiding amid the grandeur.

Niers laughed to himself. He’d nearly started a war to arrange a meeting. Good thing Tulm hadn’t won. Anyways.

That was what you called a proper distraction.

He’s what you call a “mad genius”, isn’t he?

I believe this should be “the question of your choice is YOURS” though its kind of weird cause technically the Treasure is going to Umina, but the Question (question, not answer) is going to Niers.

could pull of a trick like that without —>> could pull off a trick like that without

“The strength he’d borrowed, no copied from Xol burned in him.”
–*borrowed, no, copied from Xol
(or) *borrowed, not copied, from Xol