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

to explain computer problems

under her clothes in strategic locations. The

smile. "Do not underestimate what is in front of you,

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

there; we have been traveling at

died

live knowing they brought such devastation to their

Dr.

thoughts. The Grand Sage's eyes are on me,

time to go,

old woman's silence is eerie. No biting remarks, no insults about my incompetence. It's almost as unsettling as the situation itself. Outside, the air

steps

each step carefully. At twenty, I turn back and

and vanishes from view.

take a step forward. It reappears, as solid as

active," the Grand Sage explains, a hint of pride in

1

how exactly the bracelet works,

hand.

start walking,"

and fall into step

rolling plains, with a few copses of

ago, Elverly snaps, and the sound of

she's still her cantankerous

he says, cheerful

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