Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (64 page)

“
I trust
y
ou
Time
Ma
r
k
e
r
a
nd
I
a
m
ob
e
d
i
e
nt,
the
m
a
n
will st
a
y
h
e
r
e
a
nd
I
hope
a
s
p
e
r
the
rule
of
Time
S
tation
he won
’
t
be
made
ca
ut
i
o
us
of
a
n
y
th
i
ng t
h
a
t’s
h
a
pp
e
ning
a
roun
d
.”
S
he
f
l
a
t
t
e
r
e
d
a
n
d
a
sked
for
c
onfi
r
mation.

“
I
r
ea
l
iz
e
d
the
v
i
rtue
in
y
ou
a
t
a
glan
c
e
,
h
e
will
be
k
e
pt
s
a
fe
a
nd
y
our
po
w
e
r
is
e
nh
a
n
c
e
d.”
On
the
fl
a
t
t
e
r
y
he
r
e
a
l
l
y got ple
a
s
e
d
a
nd
made
Ma
r
r
y sure
of
h
a
ving
more
p
o
w
e
rs
a
nd t
i
me
c
ontrols
on h
e
r
w
a
y
.

He
took
out
a
t
i
me
gl
a
ss
a
n
d
put
it
on
F
r
e
d
r
ick
’
s
h
ea
d, tapp
e
d
the glass
a
nd
n
e
e
dles
got
stopp
e
d
wh
i
c
h
w
a
s
a
n ind
i
ca
t
i
on
that
Time
M
a
rk
e
r
h
a
s
p
r
e
s
e
r
v
e
d
his
m
i
nd
f
r
om r
e
c
o
r
ding f
u
rth
e
r
h
a
pp
e
n
i
ngs
a
t Time S
t
a
t
i
on.

Ma
r
r
y  got
r
e
lax
e
d
on
s
ee
ing
th
i
s
a
nd
foll
o
w
e
d
Time Ma
r
k
e
r tow
a
rd the Time Court
a
nd
found
a
n
i
nte
re
st
i
ng th
i
ng
that
b
eca
use
of
fl
a
t
t
e
r
y
,
Time
M
a
rk
e
r
did
not
ca
l
l
e
d for
Migh
t
y Time
L
o
rd
’
s
p
e
rmission
a
nd
g
a
ve
h
e
r
the
token to
t
he
n
e
xt exist
e
n
ce
.

Ma
r
r
y got
t
h
a
t
token
a
nd
w
a
s
a
bout
to
g
e
t
on
to
t
he
witness box
that
h
a
d
the Time
T
unn
e
l
to
re
ac
h
the
n
e
xt
e
xis
t
e
n
ce
, wh
e
n she
h
e
a
rd some
w
h
ispe
r
s coming f
r
om som
e
wh
e
r
e
.

********
*
***************************

Alicia and
Ed
w
in
w
e
re
standing
n
ea
r the
s
a
me d
re
ss
i
ng m
i
r
r
o
r
, whi
c
h
w
a
s in qui
t
e
a
p
a
thetic
c
ondi
t
ion now.

“
Alici
a
,
wh
a
t 
y
ou
h
a
v
e
to
do
with
th
i
s
b
r
ok
e
n
m
i
r
r
o
r
?
”

Ed
w
in ask
e
d susp
i
c
ious
l
y
.

“
I w
a
nt
to
vis
i
t
the
pla
c
e
a
g
a
in.”
Alicia
turn
e
d
t
o
him
a
nd s
a
id as if this
c
ould be
shoc
k
ing
n
e
ws
f
or
hi
m
.

“
W
hich pl
ace
?
”
Ed
w
in ask
e
d.

“
The
on
e
,
tha
t
,
ma
k
e
s
i
t
s
w
a
y through
th
i
s
m
i
r
r
o
r
.”
Alicia
a
dd
e
d.

“
I
a
m not
g
e
t
t
ing
y
ou
a
t
a
l
l
.”
Ed
w
in show
e
d
c
onf
u
sion.

“
The
one
for
whi
c
h
y
o
u
got
y
our
h
a
nd
in
j
u
r
e
d
wh
e
n
I

ju
m
p
e
d in
t
o the mir
r
o
r
.”
S
he
poin
t
e
d to
t
he
incid
e
nt.

“
I
got
m
y h
a
nd
in
j
u
re
d?
You
ju
m
p
e
d
in
t
o
the
m
i
r
ro
r
?
W
h
a
t is all th
i
s
?
”
Ed
w
in ask
e
d
c
u
r
ious
l
y
.

“
Y
ea
h,
y
our h
a
nd
.
”
S
omething
stru
c
k
h
e
r m
i
n
d
a
s
she r
e
ca
l
l
e
d
that
pun
c
hing
the
m
i
r
r
or
w
a
s
a
n
ac
t
i
vi
t
y
a
ft
e
r
she got
to
the
Time
S
tation
a
nd
she
kn
e
w
i
t
.  
“
You
g
e
t
some
e
xtra po
w
e
rs
while
p
a
ss
i
ng
through
the
Time
S
tation.”
S
h
a
k
e
spe
a
r
e
’s
wo
r
ds
ec
h
o
e
d
in
h
e
r
m
i
nd
a
nd
the
c
onfusion got
r
e
solved
for h
e
r. But
it
w
a
s
shoc
k
ing
for h
e
r
a
s
she s
a
w the
r
e
w
a
s no
m
a
rk of
i
n
j
u
r
y
on E
d
win’s h
a
nd.

“
Alicia
th
i
s
m
i
r
r
or
is
b
r
ok
e
n
a
s
I
thr
e
w
m
y mob
i
le
on
it
in
a
ng
e
r
wh
e
n
y
ou
did
n
ot
a
nsw
e
r
m
y
ca
l
l
.”
E
dwin
to
l
d r
e
ca
l
l
ing something.

Alicia sta
r
ted
fe
e
l
i
ng
h
e
l
pless
a
g
a
in
a
s
the
r
e
w
a
s
no
p
r
oof for w
h
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
a
few
d
a
y
s
a
g
o,
wh
e
n
she
v
is
i
ted
that pla
c
e 
a
nd
spent
t
i
me
with
K
e
vin.
The  th
i
ngs
sta
r
ted spinning
in
h
e
r
m
i
nd
l
i
k
e
a
globe
a
nd
she
c
a
ught
h
e
r
h
ea
d in d
i
str
e
ss.