The lecture hall remained unusually quiet.
Not with boredom—but with focus.
Instructor Arvail moved through layers of advanced teleportation theory with a practiced rhythm, layering diagrams and spell models in the air above her with flicks of her fingers. Each thread of the illusion glowed with clean, structured intent.
The students watched, most scribbling notes or whispering clarifications to their neighbors.
Except for Argolaith.
He listened in silence, eyes flicking between each rune pattern with growing interest—not because they were beyond him, but because he saw flaws in them. Or at least, alternatives.
Halfway through a projection on quantum spatial folding—a technique meant to reduce teleportation delay—he raised a hand lazily.
Instructor Arvail glanced over, curious.
"Yes?"
Argolaith's tone was calm. Inquisitive.
"Wouldn't reversing the polarity of the entry rune—just the outer ring—let the caster absorb local mana currents instead of conflicting with them?"
