Deep Wizardry

by Diane Duane

“Look, don’t panic yet—” “Go ahead! Panic!” screamed Picchu from somewhere in the background. “Do it now and avoid the June rush!

“For shapechange? You have everything you need. Words would only get in the way,” said S’reee. “It’s all in the being. You pretend hard enough, and sooner or later what you’re pretending to be, you are.

nowhere does the Lone Power enter in so readily as through the broken word.”