Join My Cult - Original Falcon Press

at him expectantly. He was having a hard time understanding anything
that was being said. “Yes, I know you asked a question and I haven’t
answered it yet. You’re always in such a hurry to get to the next chapter.
Slow down. If there’s anything I’ve shown you it’s how to fish. Where is
Meredith? Well, in your dreams of course. And all around you when
you’re awake, lusty boy.”
“I guess you don’t have a roadmap,” Orpheus said dryly, ignoring his
last comment entirely.
“Your dream land is the underworld. Same place. An island, actually.
And like a good fisherman I happen to have a boat. Follow me.”
As he led Orpheus through winding paths in the thick of the wood, he
said “The entrance to this domain lies far down this river, and across a
great bay.” He gestured with his fishing rod and nearly snagged it in a
low hanging tree branch. He continued after grumbling for a moment.
“Upon these shores I will leave you. Continue on, but keep your wits
about you for there are guardians in the valley. Bypassing these, you will
find the entrance, massive and seemingly alive, like the mouth of a
whale. A Leviathan. This entrance is girt by two pillars, one white and
one black. There you will find this ‘girl’ you seek.”
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