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ook."<br />

"Go on."<br />

"Last, you'd have <strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>uch Dimtree just as you feel the power <strong>of</strong> the words<br />

culminate within you." He turned his back on me and rummaged through<br />

a<strong>not</strong>her box. "I couldn't allow you <strong>to</strong> read that book, however. It'd <strong>be</strong><br />

tantamount <strong>to</strong> my breaking my word through the actions <strong>of</strong> a<strong>not</strong>her." He<br />

continued poking through the box, ignoring me.<br />

My eyes darted across the page that Sebastion indicated, fingertips zipping<br />

along the lines and acting as a guide. My mind was as sharp as ever, and<br />

after only reading it once, I knew how <strong>to</strong> free Dimtree from his purga<strong>to</strong>ry.<br />

~~~~~<br />

I gave the c<strong>of</strong>fin pillow a couple <strong>of</strong> squeezes. Fluffy <strong>do</strong>wn, yet with solid<br />

support, and silken <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>uch. I had <strong>to</strong> admit, Hamrys didn't disappoint,<br />

and I wouldn't have minded laying <strong>do</strong>wn on this for eternity.<br />

Hamrys smiled when I entered. "Good day again, cutter. Did you get the<br />

pillow you were looking for?"<br />

"Yes. I've dealt with the trouble at the warehouse and got the pillow."<br />

He smiled and nodded. "Well <strong>do</strong>ne, cutter. As I said, you may keep whatever<br />

you recovered from the warehouse as your reward. Thank you for your<br />

help."<br />

"Gee, I sure would like <strong>to</strong> learn about c<strong>of</strong>fins!" a chipper voice exclaimed<br />

outside, "Yep! Nothing I'd like <strong>be</strong>tter <strong>to</strong> hear some blowhard yammer on<br />

about c<strong>of</strong>finology until the Planes grind <strong>to</strong> a halt!"<br />

"I, <strong>to</strong>o, wish <strong>to</strong> know this foreign art... it is the tradition <strong>of</strong> the People <strong>to</strong><br />

cremate our dead <strong>be</strong>fore scattering the ashes <strong>to</strong> the pebbled winds <strong>of</strong><br />

Limbo."<br />

"I <strong>do</strong> find that the <strong>to</strong>pic has much potential. I've yet <strong>to</strong> experience the<br />

subject."<br />

"Yeh are all a bunch o' daft sods, yeh know that?"<br />

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