The guard lets me into his chambers and, as I set the tray down next to his bed, I bow my head. “Good morning, your Majesty.”He yawns and sits up....I wait for dismissal, but he just stares at the far wall as he sips the tea slowly, thoughtfully.Finally, he looks at me. “Do you think I’m a horrible man?”“What?” I stand up straight. “No! Of course not!”He’s quiet for a time. “I’m not so sure anymore,” he says softly, almost as if he were speaking to himself.I quickly shake my head. “Your Majesty,. But unless you did some serious damage to him, I doubt he'll register a complaint. He just wants some relief."I nodded that I understood. Everyone clustered around us and Ryan explained what happened. No one said anything because there really wasn't anything to say. I guess so far I was one for three. One for, one against and one unknown. It wasn't the best of odds.Ryan didn't let us obsess over it, though."I've got one more thing for you to try with a variety of patients," he said as he led us. Itseemed to grow and pulse the more I stared at it and it filled thecenter of my vision. One of the tears splashed onto it, it flared into abright brilliance and the light sank over my body.My body started to tingle as if thousands of tiny insects were crawlingover me and I almost screamed. I looked as my hands started to shrinkand gain puppy fat and my legs and I felt the hair on my head tickle theback of my neck. Everything was becoming larger and I was beginning toget scared. I found my self. The night trees and the night life had disappeared from view, leaving only stone and crystal shapes of the day trees, the sleeping day life, and the occasional abandoned Artificia.The mana clouds were parting revealing the hidden stars. There was a lightening of the sky in the direction of dawn.Kin consulted the map Zav had given him, singing the activation sequence instead of bothering with the flute. He galloped over to Zav.“Cutting it close, aren’t we?” Kin asked.Zav pulled out a crystal.