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How do you know I&039;m really here?

What do you

I don&039;t think so For one,

Perhaps that is all in your , and so therefore they are

So a?

Not really I really a you to the Council of Elders

I reht in on&039;s appearance

I was hurt in battle, wasn&039;t I?

Perhaps

So am I dead?

I don&039;t think so

So am I in spirit? You know, is my body back in the church?

Perhaps

If so, couldn&039;t I fly, too?

Indeed Would you like to try?

Will I fall?

That is up to you, my little friend

So it iscold and hard The lights below had winked out completely, and I suspected ere now in the e outline of crashing waves

Was I dead? I didn&039;t know Was this really happening to me? I didn&039;t know that either Did I want to fly?

Oh, yes

Let go of on did, and I dropped like a rock

Chapter Forty

The dragon dropped withbywaves rushed up to ood tion Choose to fly now, Jaht I choose to fly!

Finally, I screa, instantly The dragon stopped plus

Good boy Now follow me

How?

Choose to

And so I did I chose to follow hih the air, ed Peter Pan I hovered beneath the dragon&039;s belly for warmth

You don&039;t need to fly beneath me for warmth

But -

Choose warh me, froon,ain, and I see drop onNever had I felt such freedoon, and ended up behind it The dragon continued forwardonly occasionally

Having fun?

Oh, yes!

Good Because we&039;re alain? I asked

There was a pause, and then its deep voice resounded in on angled up through the clouds, cutting a wide swath, and I followed behind it, te vapor And when I opened reat hall, surrounded by five ethereal figures, all watching one