[Richard agrees with the assessment; if it had gone on too much longer, he suspects he'd have started running out of breath more, as it was on Fodra.
He observes Qilby's actions with curiosity. As he does, he wonders how it works. Qilby has control over portals, so could he just use the bag as a way to open a portal into an infinitely large realm? But that would be difficult to organize, and besides that, he wouldn't need a bag for it, presumably. So could the bag itself just defy its dimensions? But how?
He's distracted when Qilby pulls out the item. Trust is always an honour, and the sentence, like many others Qilby has casually dropped off, influences Richard's feelings in ways he doesn't even notice. He looks at the box, then back to Qilby.]
Honoured as I am and beautiful as it is, you know I have no idea what this is. [What is the thing? He wants to know of the thing.]
action.
He observes Qilby's actions with curiosity. As he does, he wonders how it works. Qilby has control over portals, so could he just use the bag as a way to open a portal into an infinitely large realm? But that would be difficult to organize, and besides that, he wouldn't need a bag for it, presumably. So could the bag itself just defy its dimensions? But how?
He's distracted when Qilby pulls out the item. Trust is always an honour, and the sentence, like many others Qilby has casually dropped off, influences Richard's feelings in ways he doesn't even notice. He looks at the box, then back to Qilby.]
Honoured as I am and beautiful as it is, you know I have no idea what this is. [What is the thing? He wants to know of the thing.]