Armin finished with a prayer to The Almighty, following with inviting the forty one contenders to the Grand Abode, until the third trial the day after...tomorrow.Zax, naturally, accepted the invitation, and as he headed to the largest structure in all of Onzengvas city, he skimmed the group of contenders that remained.‘Neyrar passed’. He was not surprised. In fact, he had the feeling that this compatriot had much hidden beneath his sleeves. ‘Bogon somehow managed’. The Dry Shell Tortoise’s. They couldn't do anything to me! If they kicked down the door I'd have to tell mom and dad what happened to it and why. Same if they beat me up. But I still left the door locked and the chair jammed under the knob.It was maybe an hour later when I heard them come out of my parent's bedroom telling Liz they would call her in a day or so. I heard the front door open and then close and I went to my bedroom window and watched as the three of them got in a car and drove away. It wasn't but about. “I’ll ride with you,” Elyse said.Of course she would. The girls had obviously planned for each of them to talk to me.“Animals!” Stephie exclaimed gleefully. “Bunnies!”“We’ll go see them soon, little Bunny Rabbit. I need to get eggs and you’re just playing today. Plus you need a nap soon!”“Want to go!” she insisted.“Come to Mommy,” Kara said sweetly and picked her up. “It’s nap time like Daddy said.”“No!” she screeched.“I got this, Steve,” Kara said. “Go get the eggs. I think somebody was cooped. I was however grateful to be standing straight up and felt them undoing the ropes on my wrists. Once my wrists were free I was able to bring them forward but each arm was strongly gripped by my Master and his friend and my ankles were of course still separated and strapped onto the spreader bar. Escape was out of the question and each man was at the same time buckling wrist cuffs onto each wrist. I was forced to shuffle around until I was positioned once again under the rafter and my hands were.