Chapter 5
Kitty
As soon as Bartimaeus left, Kitty tiredly stepped out of her pentacle and sat down at her table. She found Acrophyllia and flipped it open. She began to read.
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A few hours later, Kitty had finished the book and had taken down as much notes as she possibly could. Kitty read through the notes.
Steps for reaching the Other Place
1. Find silver for protection
2. Make sure pentacle is large enough to hold a person when lying down
3. Say summoning incantations backwards
4. Call name of djinni 3 times
5. Close eyes and wait
Necessary Cautions
1. make sure to lie down and say incantations.
2. Make sure housing pentacle is broken in some way.
3. hold on to a piece of iron lightly
When Kitty found her notes to be relevant, she closed Acrophyllia and picked up a biography of Ptolemy.
Kitty gave a heavy frustrated sigh. The entire book had been written in hieroglyphics. In order for her to understand it, she'd have to learn how to read and translate Ancient Egyptian. And how was she supposed to do that? How was she supposed to translate the whole book before Bartimaeus came back? She couldn't. Plain and simple.
But then again, she could–in theory—ask Bartimaeus for his help. But then he'd get suspicious more then what he already was. Somehow, she'd have to trick him into helping without him being fully aware of what she was doing. Somehow, she'd have to teach herself without drawing Bartimaeus' attention. She wouldn't be able to ask him anything, either. He'd find out what she was doing. He'd get suspicious no matter what she did. Somehow, someway, he'd find out. Eventually.
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Kitty forced herself to focus on Ptolemy's biography. She couldn't make any of it out. Maybe if she closed her eyes for just a minute…
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A/n
That's it for now. Hope it's good enough. Bartimaeus' chapter coming next!