Looking Down

[smelltheashes]

The door opens from Milliways onto a chill evening somewhere in a vast and open space. "All right," says Shephard. "We're a good few miles outside'a what used t'be Fort Collins here. Doin' our best to build up our lines 'fore the big throw-down. Iffen it turns out you can't git yourself hidden, that's all right by me, I'll just take you back to

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[brave_kreyu]

Kreyu tilts her head for a moment, as if listening for something human ears can't hear. "The Karmic flows of your world have been strained, but I should be able to conceal myself by traveling along the edge between the physical and the spiritual planes," she says with a smile.

Yay for good news, for once?

[smelltheashes]

"Sounds like a plan to me," says Shephard. "Next question. Any way I c'n git someone to go up along with you so's the important stuff gits pointed out? If you ain't comfortable with that I ain't gonna argue, but I think I got just the fella for the job."

[brave_kreyu]

She nods. "I can carry a single human easily in one hand, although I expect the experience might be a bit....unnerving."

[smelltheashes]

"Good thing Manny's got cojones of fuckin' steel, then," says Shephard. "I'mma go git him now. You mind changin' first? Folks're used to the idea of big fuckin' critters but magic ain't somethin' most people 'round here know from anything 'cept books."