And with that, Alex turned to the magical door and stumbled blindly through it, into the brightly lit office of Mr. Today, before the shuddering, angry sobs broke loose. And then large, warm arms enveloped him, the arms of the mage himself, who held Alex tightly and let him snivel on his robe and then patted his back, saying, “There, there,” until Alex could stop sobbing long enough to speak. He looked at Mr. Today, all of the secrets of the past several months dancing around him, and he knew there was no way to lie around this mess. “I’m sorry, sir,” Alex whispered. Mr. Today nodded. “I know,
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