Lassim sat at his workbench, quill poised mid-air above the parchment. The past few days had passed quickly as he'd worked on the array lines that now crisscrossed in complex patterns in front of him. He'd managed to take in Rlyis' suggestions for the rune concepts he should create and the [Redirect] and [Horizon] runes were beginning to take shape. He still had a few more to add and shape, but he was making good progress while the others continued their work too.
Across the room, Rlyis worked silently at her own station, revising the prototype schematic with the placeholders for Lassim's runes now meticulously marked.
The atmosphere was subdued, the quiet only broken by the occasional scrape of quill on parchment or the faint creak of Rlyis shifting in her chair. They were making progress, but the most important piece hadn't been finalized yet.
