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<strong>Anza</strong> and Xandr sit on the straw covered floor inside a<br />
Circle of Stones.<br />
<strong>Anza</strong> looks down at the stones, "I gotta get away from all<br />
this stuff."<br />
"But you've gotta find the Crest and get it back with the<br />
saddle and my horse and ---"<br />
"I'm going for a ride."<br />
<strong>Anza</strong> jumps up, walks to the Bronze Statue. The statue<br />
stands rigid. Suddenly its eyes open.<br />
<strong>Anza</strong> closes his eyes and points his ring finger at the<br />
horse, "Lái shenghuó ... lái shenghuó."<br />
The Bronze Statue sheds its metal coat and comes alive.<br />
The horse extends his foreleg scratching the barn floor and<br />
walks to <strong>Anza</strong>. <strong>Anza</strong> climbs on a hay bale, mounts the<br />
horse and rides out.<br />
<strong>Anza</strong> races the horse down the dirt road. Suddenly a<br />
swirl of dust appears a short distance away. <strong>Anza</strong> reins in.<br />
The swirl becomes Katipo's cloak slowly revealing Katipo.<br />
"Hello <strong>Anza</strong>."<br />
Katipo points her right hand ring finger at <strong>Anza</strong> lifting<br />
him from his horse guiding him slowly to the ground.<br />
"How do you know my name? Who are you?"<br />
"I am called Katipo. I am from the Space-Between Dimensions."<br />
"Space between? What do you want with me?"<br />
"Something is missing from your horse's saddle," she<br />
points, "there, on the side. See?"<br />
<strong>Anza</strong> does not look. Katipo puts her hand beneath her<br />
belt buckle drawing it back out. She slowly opens her