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

in that way IT people try to explain computer problems but

a few gadgets I don't recognize, things that she shoves under her clothes in strategic locations. The Grand Sage

smile. "Do not underestimate what is in front of

but I

edge. The survivors of the attack should already be there; we have been traveling at a much slower speed. The survivors. I wonder how many made it. There were so

many died

and Mia live knowing they brought such

List Dr.

shake my head, trying to dislodge the unsettling thoughts. The Grand Sage's eyes are on me, curiosity evident in his

to

The 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 feels different. Heavier, somehow. The Grand Sage fiddles with our bracelets, pressing buttons

twenty steps forward,

counting each step carefully. At twenty, I turn back and gasp. The safe

and vanishes from view.

reappears, as solid as ever.

a hint of pride in his

1

works, but he cuts me off with a wave of

hand.

to start walking," he says, already moving

my questions and fall into

cover out here. It's mostly rolling plains, with a few copses of trees

and the sound of her

she's still

any longer," he says,

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