Kurt continued to learn to put together his gate correctly. But felt he could do it without help. Not under any kind of pressure. He was much slower than Layla was. And still needed to create a fairly large one. The idea of a doorway-sized seemed too far out of reach to him.
Eventually, he started his daily routine and Betsy was there instead of Kyle.
He knew she was going to have a lot to say for this one so he skipped right to making Betsy practice her powers. So they wouldn't be interrupted later.
"Did not miss that," said Betsy.
"But you've gotten so much better."
"Thank you, now for Belwark Harbor."
"Yes, did we secure a deal?"
"In a way, for every five boatloads of product, we would have to pay a single port fee while in their domain."
"Not terrible."
"They also wanted the courtesy extended to them."
"What do you mean?"
