“If I haven’t run already, I don’t see how I’ll be able to run away from you now.” “Good.” Marc removed his robe and Colin watched in amazement. * * * * Colin didn’t know what was going to happen but stressed as he was, he sat back to see what Marc had to show him. He was a bit disconcerted when Marc removed his robe. But Marc stepped away from him rather than toward him. Marc said one word, “Watch!” Colin watched Marc with an intensity he couldn’t explain any better than he could describe his feelings. Marc began to blur before his eyes. The golden tether appeared again out of the seeming fog, this time the size of a large rope, like the one used with an anchor down at the pier. It connected him directly to…his eyes followed it across the room. At the other end sat an enormous gray