“Depends on one’s definition of ‘person,’ but essentially, yes.” On instinct Palamedes searches his pockets for a pencil, but all he finds is the bingo card the hologram had handed to him, which he sets aside. He should have figured—naturally, Ianthe Naberius the First wouldn’t have carried around something as practical and pedestrian as a writing utensil.

“In principle, I know how it could be done, but the only models I’m aware of are much smaller in scale.” Technically, he can only think of one model for a pocket universe, and it’s the one he created, but this doesn’t seem like the time to get into those details. “Something like this would require a shocking amount of power.”