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your legacy. It is time for your lessons. February 29th will
be here soon. We must hurry."
* * * * * * *
Carl Drinkwater is sitting on a bale of hay in the old Qi
barn as the brawny foreman, Nigel Churchill, walks
through the open doorway wearing blue jeans, matching
jacket, boots and a cowboy hat.
"Hello Carl."
The surprised Carl jumps up, "Mister Nigel. I, uh."
"You have been spending a lot of time in this old barn."
Nigel spots the statue, "What is this?"
"It's nothing sir, jest sometin I found."
"Just where did you find it? Never mind. What is it doing
here?"
The Raven flies in and perches in the rafters. Nigel looks
up and sees the Raven, "Never seen a raven in these
parts."
"He's from somewhere else."
"And just where would that be?"
"Same place as the statue."
The Raven flies down, morphs into Dimitri and stands
next to the statue. Nigel jumps back, grabs a pitchfork and
stands ready for battle.
Dimitri points to himself and the statue, "We're from the
other world."
Nigel cautiously looks around, "How'd you do that?
What other world? "
"It's magic," he lies, and changes the subject. "The parallel
world is on the other side of the sun."