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The ed to jazz standards froic retro look Then the lights dimmed, and I jumped "Sorry about that," Owen said as he approached "I just thought it would be best if eren’t quite so visible from the outside" He held up a stack of colored index cards "Ready to plant our clues?"

We had a list of books people were supposed to search for, and ent around the store, sticking the cards in the backs of the books and then re-shelving theh we’d created the list, we still had to think about where to go and which section would be h the maze of bookshelves like children, and I felt that if I looked out the corner ofthe way I soined they would after a bookstore closed for the night

"Ah, here it is," Owen said, pulling the next book on the list off the shelf and opening it so I could slip the card in He closed the book and put it back in its slot, then smoothed the shelf so it wasn’t obvious that one book had recently been , "Can I ask you soht consider strange Would this be a personal question, sos were developing between us? "U a bad case of déjà vu lately? Ithey’re familiar, and then you realize that of course they’re familiar because you know them, but that doesn’t seem like why they should be familiar?"

"You too?" I asked, a little breathless "It’s been happening all the time tothat et me sent to a psychiatric hospital, but since he’d started it … "While we’re on the subject, do you ever get the feeling that some of yourin just a series of highlight ie in a movie, sometimes even complete with soundtrack?"

He frowned and licked his lips, then said, "No, I don’t think I’ve run into that But thefroo seems real And I do sometio to bed at night and the tis that happened, but not as though I really lived thehed, then cut myself off when I realized that I sounded like soe of madness "So I’m not crazy, or if I am crazy, then I’m not crazy alone"

"We can share a padded cell," he said with a grin Then he wentwhat to say next He took a deep breath and whispered, "There’s so on"

"What?" I whispered in response

"I think I can dothat was crazy, but was it any crazier than any of the other stuff we’d been noticing?

My tone must have said it for me because he said defensively, "I was in the office and realized that the binder I needed was on the shelf I wished it would coet it, and then it flew across the room and onto host wanted to help you," I suggested I didn’t knohy that sounded like a more plausible explanation, but it did

"Watch this," he said "The next book we need is on that shelf over there" He pointed to the opposite aisle Then he flicked his wrist and the book flew out of its spot and into his hand

I squealed in shock and juosh!" I said when I’d recovered from the initial surprise My hand trees, and then he sent it back to its spot "Can you do anything else?"

He held his hand pallow forlobe and rose into the air above our heads

"Whoa," I breathed "I wonder if it’s just you or if this is so everyone can do" To test it, I held ht My gloasn’t nearly as bright as Owen’s, but it was there I sent it up to join his "Oh, , I can do le

"I know, right?" He was grinning ear-to-ear "I guess this makes us wizards No wonder we clicked We’re two of a kind"