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Then another human was chosen, inspired to collect all these scraps of knowledge Another inspired to transcribe them Another to translate Another to archive Another to say the right words at the right time…

All huiven back control overopen, to findinto mine I turned my head to see Grizzie si next to her while Caleb hovered over both protectively To y as I did

‘We’re looking for a huave us a human’

I think I fainted then, for just a second That happens when one has the powers of creation rattling around in one’s mind When I came to, I heard h cotton wool, but I recognized it

[I’ve been seeking through relevant ht colored sos It was excited [There is a voice calling us He see me How curious … I can only take two of you, if you are ready now?]

The choice was obvious, and it flashed through my mind in a second

And then, like that, Ryu and I found ourselves in another roo in his ar spun

‘Easy, Jane,’ Ryu said

‘What the hell just happened?’

‘I was going to ask you’

I gave hi alarly ‘Either so to the universe’

‘The universe?’

‘Yeah The universe’

‘The universe,’ Ryu repeated, looking as skeptical as I’d ever seen him ‘You have been under a lot of stress…’

‘Don’t be so doubtful The universe is closer than we know,’ ca, friendly voice from somewhere behind us I tried to craneRyu helped ood look at our surroundings

Instead of a cave, this roolass were everywhere, and a e wall of s I also located our speaker, sitting a distance away

Aure not modern at all S even rounder glasses, sat a Buddhist e chair

He had tea prepared, waiting on a low table in front of hi us He certainly wasn’t surprised by the sight of two strangers appearing by lish ‘I believe you have a probleons?’

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‘In this instance, who I a that wide, welcoh I was pretty sure I knew the identity of the bespectacled figure, I couldn’t help wanting clarification

The hed, a lovely, bell-like sound ‘So curious!’ he said, his eyes twinkling from his smile-creased features ‘But while I, as an individual, can acknowledge that there is far more to our world than one ansill ever account for, as a spiritual leader I must toe certain lines So I’d like to keep our conversation off the record, as it were’

While the monk talked, Ryu wandered toward the wall of s on one side of the hotel roo?’ he said I joined hie in all different languages, but lish

‘Yes I’m sorry it couldn’t be more convenient,’ the man said