"In short, we cannot smuggle our way in."
Rita was unwilling to give up. "Can our cat-ship sail on the River of Time?"
"It can."
"If we summon it and ride the current, what happens to time flow?"
"Between worlds, time runs at roughly the same pace. On the River of Time, it is highly unstable. Just like the shifting currents you saw on the map, the river is fluid."
"My advice is to light up the world closest to the Lonely Isle, then sail from a neighboring world. Keep your time on the River under twelve hours. If you do, BlueStar's timeline will not advance too far."
What was the last dock before the Arisentna pier?
Dawn.
Rita stood at the alchemy workshop's door, stared into the distance for a while, then set the plan aside for now.
The worlds she had lit on her map were all farther from the Lonely Isle than BlueStar itself.
