The Day of the Dissonance

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"You ever see an evil force, boy?"

"Not in the flesh, no."

"Evil forces always go afoot. They're lousy fliers."

"That's not what I meant."

"Doesn't matter what you meant, my boy. You have to

run this errand for me. That's all it is, a little errand."

"Last time you asked me to help you run an errand we

ended up with the fate of civilization at stake."

"Well, this time it's only my fate that hangs in the

balance." His voice shrank to a pitiful whisper. "You

wouldn't want me to die, would you?"

"No," Jon-Tom admitted. "I wouldn't."

4     Alan Dean Foster

"Of course you wouldn't. Because if I die it means the

end of your chances to return to your own world. Because

only I know the necessary, complicated, dangerous spell

that can send you back. It is in your own interest to see

that I remain alive and well."

"I know, I know. Don't rub it in."

"Furthermore," the wizard went on, pressing his advan-

tage, "you are partly to blame for my present discomfort."

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