Chapter 8: Pattern Recognition Summary

Nita arrives on the moon, and waits in the usual place for Kit. She rechecks the contents of her pack, and then pages through her manual for the tracking spell they'll need. She begins by drawing the basic wizards circle, knotted and containing her data and Kit's in the shorthand version of the Speech. Then she adds the data Tom gave her for Picchu, adding the intent, desired result, time and life support issues as well. A dust cloud kicks up and Tom arrives, bouncing gracefully to her in the low gravity. He tells her Kit is coming shortly, and he indeed arrives just moments later. Tom gives them some final information, telling them that the Lone One himself is after Dairine, and that something big is going on. He instructs them to find Dairine, and be very careful...