Back in the Cavern. Back in my quarters. It’s surprising how warm and inviting this place can be sometimes. Surprising that I am more at home here, with my books and desk bathed the orange light of my lamps, than I am in any of the hundred rooms of my Father’s house.

Travel is always the most difficult part. If only I could learn to write Linking Books to different places here. When I first came to the Cavern, I frequently had long daydreams of having dozens of books, all leading to places around the globe that I could access at any time. The idea was intoxicating, to say the least.

Ah well. Work begins again. I’m glad I was convinced not to burn my failure Luminesce book. It has already helped me.

The base islands have begun to be fleshed out. There will be a point soon when I will have to take the plunge into my first Age unprotected.

My heart sinks to think of it. I have been unable to bring myself to visit my One Words. An experiment on eternal hold…