V | Dialogue
Shekalane looked up from the book, which she had been about to reactivate, opening her mouth to speak, but hesitated. The truth was that she was speechless. At last, she managed, ‘‘‘And if, finding that the illusion outside also had a door ... would you seek to step through that as well?’”
The ferryman dipped his oar in and out of the black water. Finally, he said, “Montair ... I’ve hidden several copies of his works in the walls of the barracks ... but the Caveam Cristallum is the one I keep close at hand, always. At least while at home. We are not allowed such books, of course. But it’s a risk I am happy to take.”
Again she moved to speak but hesitated. Was this a dream? Had she consumed the wrong kind of mushrooms with her last meal so that now she fancied herself capabl
