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Owen stiffened, like he was about to protest, and I could tell froree with this plan at all But then he nodded acknowledg hiame, before we headed for the store

Once ere in Owen’s office, I said, "You don’t think overtaking the guards is the best plan, do you?"

"I don’t see how it can work Even if we’re in charge, they can keep us here indefinitely if we can’t get to the portal"

"What are you going to do?"

"Keep trying to find a way out that doesn’t involve violence If I can do that before Mac plans his prison riot, then things won’t have to get ugly I doubt the elf prisoners will go along with that plan, anyway It wouldon their own people, and no i after other elves unless they absolutely have to, or trusting any plan put together by wizards Remember how Earl had to be deep under the influence of the Eye of the Moon before he illing to attack Sylvester"

"Speaking of Earl, should we snap hiht as well"

He called Earl into his office for a , presumably to discuss how to market his section As Earl sat in front of Owen’s desk and discussed which series wasI could about working with hiiven a human illusion, so he looked different froe up anything that would trigger a ot an idea "We should coo to brand our fantasy section," I said "That treasure hunt was so successful, I thought we could take it a step further and create a logo that looks like an enchanted object, and do a broader treasure hunt for that kind of object--"

Owen irabbed a notepad and a marker and drew a reasonable facsied with the Eye of the Moon, the enchanted brooch we’d been looking for elike this," he said, turning the notepad to face Earl

Earl got a funny look on his face, like he was trying to dredge up some distant memory, and I moved in for the kill "We could build a narrative around it, like the brooch itself is an ancient elven object that gives the wearer invulnerability"

"We could call it the Knot of Arnhold," Owen put in

"But it’s been lost for centuries, and then it reappears, but it’s been reat power"