Tangled

Chapter 276

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276 Lisa: Dr. Blackwell Returns

LISA

"We're here, the Grand Sage announces, and my cramped muscles shrick with relief. We've been traveling at a snail's pace-his words, because we can't see outside-for what feels like forever. Morning? Night? It doesn't matter. We live in a box.

If it wasn't for a cleverly hidden toilet (which is gnome-sized-1 100% do not recommend using one as an adult human female), we would have been fucked. Even then, it was awkward. There's no privacy because there isn't room for it.

our

"We have a bit of a walk ahead of us," he continues, pressing buttons that enlarge our space, little magitech Rubik's cube unfolding. The gadgets hidden away by the walls reappear in their organized glory of clutter.

One catches my cyc; it looks like a small gun. He's shown it to me a few times. Pretty easy to use; point and shoot, but with a wallop that comes from its magitech origins.

After the vamp fiasco, I'm all for weapons. Give me all of them. Strap them to every inch of me. I never want to feel that helpless again.

"Can I take that with us?"

He smiles. "Of course. I'll link it to your bracelet."

"Link?" This is new.

"This will help maintain your affinity levels at the lowest synchronization rate. While our people have no magical affinity, it's a necessary concern for you."

es over

way IT people try to explain computer problems

recognize, things that she shoves under her clothes in strategic locations. The Grand Sage takes only a pen. It's an

holds it up with a gentle smile.

to touch it, but I shove that impulse away. "So,

should already be there; we have been traveling at a much slower speed. The survivors. I wonder how many

died that

Mia live knowing they brought such devastation

Dr. Blackwell

unsettling thoughts. The Grand Sage's eyes

time to go,

No biting remarks, no insults about my incompetence. It's almost as unsettling as the situation itself. Outside, the air feels different. Heavier, somehow. The Grand Sage

steps forward, he

twenty, I turn back and gasp. The

and vanishes from view.

as solid as ever.

hint of pride in his voice.

1

to ask how exactly the bracelet works, but

hand.

need to start walking,"

bite back my questions and fall into step behind

out here. It's mostly rolling plains, with a few copses of trees scattered about. "Won't

us long ago, Elverly snaps, and the sound of

she's still

not any longer," he says, cheerful

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