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Then the spirit smiled. And he spoke the riddle. His voice, deep and echoing, sent a shiver down Stormi's spine.

"I have a heart that does not beat, A face but no eyes to see, I speak without a mouth, What am I?"

We exchanged uncertain glances.

Elijah groaned. "Of course. Another stupid riddle."

Austin muttered, "Couldn't he just ask us to fight a monster instead?

Alex tapped his chin. "Okay, let's think. A heart that doesn't beat? A face with no eyes? That's... creepy."

Isaiah ran a hand through his hair. "It speaks without a mouth, so maybe something that makes noise?"

I narrowed my eyes at the spirit, who watched us with amusement, waiting. And my hand brushed against my pocket.

My mind raced through possibilities. Something with a face but no eyes. A heart but no pulse. Then my hand brushed against my pocket again.

Then it hit me.

"A smartphone."

The spirit tilted his head.

The others turned to me,

confused.

Stormi stepped forward, her voice more confident now. "A phone has a home screen, a 'face' without eyes. It has a processor, a 'heart' that keeps it running but doesn't beat. It speaks through a speaker but doesn't have a mouth."

Silence.

or die here", it said the cave became

anything ", I said taking

things up! What is this thing you

a cellphone," I said and Isaiah called me from his and spoke his voice being heard from mine. The spirit moved

smiled. "In all my years, I have heard many answers-an old clock, a portrait, even a radio. But never this." He hummed, stroking his

eyes. "When was the last time

smile faltered. "...Excuse

Maybe your answer was correct centuries ago. But now?" I shrugged. "Maybe the answer

a long moment, the spirit,

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our

eyes twinkled. "Yes, the world changes, and so too must wisdom. Yes, child.

ghosts need to

do." He waved a hand, and the cavern trembled as a hidden pathway

in relief. "Well, that was

that

anyone who liked

deeper into the

center, a wooden box sat atop an

forward, heart pounding. I

cloth like the one we

willows, I carefully unwrapped it. Inside

was almost identical to the one we found in the

first piece and pressed

glow pulsed from where

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