Surviving the Improbable Quest
“He feels so far from home he’d almost forgotten it existed. He has a mission to save his uncle’s life though he’s fighting for his own. “I need to get back soon. Faster the better.”
Mizzi pulls a metal bar and a screwdriver off the table and starts tinkering. “Okay then. I will help you get there as fast as I can. Though you will have to do one thing for me in return, and that one thing will be hard.”
“What is it? Anything.”
Mizzi speaks while he screws metal poles together, drillin...g holes and connecting wires. “You are from the Waiting Place, yes?” He doesn’t let Allan answer. “It is where we go when we can’t find ourselves. To succeed at this one thing for me you must not be Waiting. This will be your Testing.”
“Testing?” Allan’s heart knocks on his chest and he sits up. “The dog and the salamander-people at the tea party and Asantia said something about being Tested.MoreLess
Mizzi pulls a metal bar and a screwdriver off the table and starts tinkering. “Okay then. I will help you get there as fast as I can. Though you will have to do one thing for me in return, and that one thing will be hard.”
“What is it? Anything.”
Mizzi speaks while he screws metal poles together, drillin...g holes and connecting wires. “You are from the Waiting Place, yes?” He doesn’t let Allan answer. “It is where we go when we can’t find ourselves. To succeed at this one thing for me you must not be Waiting. This will be your Testing.”
“Testing?” Allan’s heart knocks on his chest and he sits up. “The dog and the salamander-people at the tea party and Asantia said something about being Tested.MoreLess
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