Daphne did not explain to André what a bedbug was, because she did not know how to explain it to Fish-Folk who lived in the sea. She simply said it was a very weak little bug.
Fortunately, the Fish-Folk at least knew what bugs were.
Although the Fish-Folk did not quite understand Daphne's bravado, nor believe she could really do anything to Nagudinnaf single-handedly, as they had said before, they did not mind someone going to make trouble for Nagudinnaf.
Daphne did not care what the Fish-Folk thought, either, as long as she knew how to get there.
Still, when she learned from them how to reach Nagudinnaf, she was a little surprised.
Daphne had already known that Nagudinnaf was on a moving island out on the Ocean. But the island did not merely move—it moved fucking fast. That caught her somewhat off guard.
An island.
Moving at high speed.
Those two phrases did not sound as though they belonged together.
But considering the wizards' bizarre tricks, it did not seem impossible. At least, after her initial surprise, Daphne gave it a little thought and came up with several ways to achieve it.
All she could say was that it would certainly be difficult, but it could be done.
Originally, Nagudinnaf had moved at high speed at random throughout the surrounding seas, gathering wind and clouds to conceal the island at the same time. It had been extraordinarily wondrous.
The Magic Array sustaining all this had supposedly been inscribed by a traveling Shushi from the East. It was called the Six Harmonies Wind Array, and it achieved this effect by gathering the power of the wind.
This was utterly different from the wizards' system, so although the Australian wizards had been eager to understand how it worked, they had ultimately