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In the end, we passed through five henge complexes. Jay, of course, went through each set twice in order to ferry the lot of us across. By the time Wyr stopped and said, ‘Well, here we are,’ Jay was reduced to a legless mess.
I gathered this from his recumbent posture upon the floor, limbs akimbo, his face bathed in sweat. He was breathing far too fast, and — to my mingled amusement and concern — laughing.
Wyr stood over him with his hands in the pockets of his long coat, and slowly shook his head. ‘So many reasons to use tokens like a normal person.’
‘I’m using the Ways like a normal person,’ said Jay, laughing, and then he began to cough.
‘Oops.’ I ran to help him sit up. ‘Jay, we’re going to take a little break right here. All right?’
‘I’m fine.’ He beamed sunnily up at me, and
