Under_The_Whispering_Door_by_TJ_Klune

on forever. He wondered if there were stars where he was going. He hoped
so. Perhaps he and Hugo could look up at the same sky at the same time.
Hugo sat next to him, wrapping his arms around his legs, knees against his
chest.
“Another session, Doctor?” Wallace asked as he grabbed the leash,
pulling himself closer to Hugo. His rear bumped the deck. He reached behind
him to grab the edge of the deck, holding himself in place.
Hugo snorted before shaking his head. “I don’t know if there’s anything
left to tell you.”
“Where’s Cameron?”
“With Grandad and Mei.” He cleared his throat. “He’s, uh. Tomorrow.”
“What about tomorrow?” A big question, but never more than now.
“He’s going to cross.”
Wallace turned his head toward Hugo. “Already?”
Hugo nodded. “He knows what he wants.”
“And he wants this.”
“Yeah. I told him there was no rush, but he wouldn’t hear of it. Thinks he’s
wasted too much time. He wants to go home.”
“Home,” Wallace whispered.
“Home,” Hugo agreed, throat bobbing. “It’ll be first thing.” He stared at
Wallace for a long moment. Then, “We can help them. If … if it worked for
Cameron, maybe it can work for others.” He looked out at the tea plants.
“The Manager won’t like it, though.”
Wallace chuckled. “No, I don’t expect he will. But regardless of what else
he is, he’s a bureaucrat. And even worse than that, he’s a bored bureaucrat.
He needs what I did.”
“What’s that?”
“A shock to the system.”
“A shock to the system,” Hugo repeated, mulling over the words. “I…”
He shook his head. “Will you come with me? I want to show you something.”
“What is it?”
“You’ll see. Come on.”
Wallace pushed himself off the deck, floating upward. He bounced when
the leash grew taut. He swayed back and forth, blinking slowly. He
wondered what would happen if he untied the leash, if he would continue to