I have crossed the Bridge and spent a great deal of time looking around this city, but nothing is immediately familiar. It's all wrong - the jungle is being eaten away by stone walls ( Read more... )

AT LAST I OVERCAME HIM, THE ONE STEALING MY FACE AND MY NAME LIKE SO MANY OTHERS.
IT WAS QUITE A TASK, BUT NOW I LAY IN THE BRANCHES ENJOYING THE VIEW...

A SHAME THAT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING HAS NO NAME... BEING SO SLOWLY REVEALED TO US ALL LIKE THAT...

NOW IF ONLY THERE WAS A WAY TO REACH IT.

IT MIGHT BE FREEDOM AT LAST, LIKE THE WAR DRUMS ( Read more... )

THERE WAS UNEXPECTED ASSISTANCE...
THERE SHOULD BE A REWARD FOR SERVICES, I ASSUME.

REGARDLESS, I HAVE RECOVERED MY HEALTH.
AND YOU?

[[added later]]

LUCY CLAIMS THESE MAGIC WORDS ARE REWARD ENOUGH:
THANK YOU, TO THOSE FROM LAST EVENING.

NONE CAN QUESTION THE POWER NOW.
ANOTHER BEING IN A SIMILAR STATE, THIS GIVES HOPE.
ANOTHER MAGIC UNLOCKED, UNSTOPPABLE BY THE STONE, THE TWENTY-BOUND FORM.
DREAMS ARE THE REALITY THIS FORM SEEKS.

WHO NOW IS AFRAID OF ANOTHER REALITY?

THERE IS NO RECOLLECTION OF EVER BEING EXHAUSTED.
IN FACT, THERE IS NO RECOLLECTION OF FALLING ASLEEP IN THE DEN, BUT EVEN AS THIS FORM AWOKE IT BECAME APPARENT HOW EXTREMELY WEAK IT IS, ALMOST HELPLESSLY FRAIL, AS IF HAVING BEEN STARVED OF ANY POWER IT MIGHT HAVE POSSESSED.
SURELY THERE IS A MEANS TO RECTIFY THIS, BUT THERE IS NO SOLUTION ( Read more... )