"I am interested also in the way of magic inside the Black Dome, for I can manage a cantrip or two of my own at least.  I should like to be able to leave the Black Dome and return to it, that I may have a look about the academies I saw in Sothis.  And forgive me, but if it is possible, I should prefer a simpler room beyond this palace, even if within the Dome."

She doesn't actually have a positive dislike of fancy bedrooms, but it makes a good cover for her acquired palatiphobia.

"I am interested also in the way of magic inside the Black Dome, for I can manage a cantrip or two of my own at least.  I should like to be able to leave the Black Dome and return to it, that I may have a look about the academies I saw in Sothis.  And forgive me, but if it is possible, I should prefer a simpler room beyond this palace, even if within the Dome."

She doesn't actually have a positive dislike of fancy bedrooms, but it makes a good cover for her acquired palatiphobia.

Derrina is feeling better about this journey now, than she was when she walked into this fancy meeting room; there were no fights along His Way here, no obvious tests of her skill, other than the Teleport to come here swiftly and a few coins she had about herself.  Now, however, she is feeling more like her real self has been well-suited to Irori's errand, and justly deserving of more than trivial reward for trivial effort.  There may have been no fell monster to slay along the way -

- but Derrina does suspect, that not many who communed with Irori could have thus focused and looked within themselves and inquired and drawn out subtle details of that vision.

It is a relief, in a sense, but also an instruction in her folly, for she should have known all along that it would be so.  If this task would have been a challenge suitable to some Irorian only with wealth enough to buy Teleports, and not much else needful about them, Irori would have given it to one such, who would have needed to exercise more effort along His Way and learned something more from walking it.

"I am interested also in the way of magic inside the Black Dome, for I can manage a cantrip or two of my own at least.  I should like to be able to leave the Black Dome and return to it, that I may have a look about the academies I saw in Sothis.  And forgive me, but if it is possible, I should prefer a simpler room beyond this palace, even if within the Dome."

She doesn't actually have a positive dislike of fancy bedrooms, but it makes a good cover for her acquired palatiphobia.

Derrina is feeling better about this journey now, than she was when she walked into this fancy meeting room; there were no fights along His Way here, no obvious tests of her skill, other than the Teleport to come here swiftly and having a few coins about herself.  Now, however, she is feeling more like her real self has been well-suited to Irori's errand, and justly deserving of more than trivial reward for trivial effort.  There may have been no fell monster to slay along the way -

- but Derrina does suspect, that not many who communed with Irori could have thus focused and looked within themselves and inquired and drawn out subtle details of that vision.

It is a relief, in a sense, but also an instruction in her folly, for she should have known all along that it would be so.  If this task would have been a challenge suitable to some Irorian only with wealth enough to buy Teleports, and not much else needful about them, Irori would have given it to one such, who would have needed to exercise more effort along His Way and learned something more from walking it.

"I am interested also in the way of magic inside the Black Dome, for I can manage a cantrip or two of my own at least.  I should like to be able to leave the Black Dome and return to it, that I may have a look about the academies I saw in Sothis.  And forgive me, but if it is possible, I should prefer a simpler room beyond this palace, even if within the Dome."

She doesn't actually have a positive dislike of fancy bedrooms, but it makes a good cover for her acquired palatiophobia.

Derrina is feeling better about this journey now, than she was when she walked into this fancy meeting room; there were no fights along His Way here, no obvious tests of her skill, other than the Teleport to come here swiftly and having a few coins about herself.  Now, however, she is feeling more like her real self has been well-suited to Irori's errand, and justly deserving of more than trivial reward for trivial effort.  There may have been no fell monster to slay along the way -

- but Derrina does suspect, that not many who communed with Irori could have thus focused and looked within themselves and inquired and drawn out subtle details of that vision.

It is a relief, in a sense, but also an instruction in her folly, for she should have known all along that it would be so.  If this task would have been a challenge suitable to some Irorian only with wealth enough to buy Teleports, and not much else needful about them, Irori would have given it to one such, who would have needed to exercise more effort along His Way and learned something more from walking it.

"I am interested also in the way of magic inside the Black Dome, for I can manage a cantrip or two of my own at least.  I should like to be able to leave the Black Dome and return to it, that I may have a look about the academies I saw in Sothis.  And forgive me, but if it is possible, I should prefer a simpler room beyond this palace, even if within the Dome."

She doesn't actually have a positive dislike of fancy bedrooms, but it makes a good cover for her acquired palatiophobia.

Derrina is feeling better about this journey now, than she was when she walked into this fancy meeting room; there were no fights along His Way here, no obvious tests of her skill, other than the Teleport to come here swiftly and having a few coins about herself.  Now, however, she is feeling more like her real self has been well-suited to Irori's errand, and justly deserving of more than trivial reward for trivial effort.  There may have been no fell monster to slay along the way -

- but Derrina does suspect, that not many who communed with Irori could have thus focused and looked within themselves and inquired and drawn out subtleties of that vision.

It is a relief, in a sense, but also an instruction in her folly, for she should have known all along that it would be so.  If this task would have been a challenge suitable to some Irorian only with wealth enough to buy Teleports, and not much else needful about them, Irori would have given it to one such, who would have needed to exercise more effort along His Way and learned something more from walking it.

"I am interested also in the way of magic inside the Black Dome, for I can manage a cantrip or two of my own at least.  I should like to be able to leave the Black Dome and return to it, that I may have a look about the academies I saw in Sothis.  And forgive me, but if it is possible, I should prefer a simpler room beyond this palace, even if within the Dome."

She doesn't actually have a positive dislike of fancy bedrooms, but it makes a good cover for her acquired palatiophobia.

Derrina is feeling better about this journey now, than she was when she walked into this fancy meeting room; there were no fights along His Way here, no obvious tests of her skill, other than the Teleport to come here swiftly and having a few coins about herself.  Now, however, she is feeling more like her real self has been well-suited to Irori's errand, and justly deserving of more than trivial reward for trivial effort.  There may have been no fell monster to slay along the way -

- but Derrina does suspect, that not many who communed with Irori could have thus focused and looked within themselves and inquired and drawn out subtleties of that vision.

It is a relief, in a sense, but also an instruction in her folly, for she should have known all along that it would be so.  If this task would have been a challenge suitable to some Irorian only with wealth enough to buy Teleports, and not much else needful about them, Irori would have given it to one such, who would have needed to exercise more effort along His Way and learned something more from walking it.