The gnomes prop up Need against a chair, much more respectfully than they were carrying her before. Gnome Chompsky has seen much of the world - realms even - and they trust the compassionate wisdom of their king.

The gnome climbs on the desk and points at the papers. Instead of being written in a strange tongue, they're written in Sylvaen, the language they all instantly understood upon arrival to this world - apparently the author learned that language too.

Under the papers is a small clockwork small device, with a crystal on top. It has a switch.