The beetles are scurrying around incredibly fast, but you can follow them with the help of some time magic.
TIME IS STRAINING. TOO MANY ARE DISPLACED NOW. IT WAS A MISTAKE TO BRING ANOTHER, BUT IT CAN BE CORRECTED. RETURN THEM TO THEIR PROPER TIME WITHIN THE HOUR.
That means you need to either move fast and get them into their body quickly, or abandon them in the spine space. Well, that’s not even a choice as far as you’re concerned.
They said we need to hurry, you think at the other wizard. I know you won’t like this, but… if you don’t want to spend eternity back there, you have to tell me where your body is. We only have about an hour.
They pause, but only briefly.
I’ve gotten enough of a sense of you to know you’re not lying about the time limit, they reply. It seems to be a grudging admission. So, all right, you win. But, I want you to promise me not to try to read anything while we’re there.
Fine, I promise. If I want to know what something says, I’ll ask you, and you can refuse if you think it’s a problem, you agree. And I’m going to have to ask negotiations to stop there for the sake of time.
Fair. Okay, I’ll tell you where it is.