“Okay, this is it.” I said. A strange calm descended onto me. There was nothing peaceful about the sudden warmth that spread through me. Still, that was the sense I had. Calm. In the back of my mind, that feeling of movement, the hidden river, raged. This is where you belong, Carl, the river said. Jump into the rapids. Embrace the chaos. “Zev, if I die and Donut gets out of this, please watch over her.” “I’ll do my best, Carl,” Zev said as I felt the first tingles of teleportation, like hundreds of hands coming to drag me into the abyss.
