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"What’re you talking about?" Sofia asked as another boo us?"

"I’d hardly call theood lady, but we haven’t any more time to talk about it Jane’s power over theto attack us here I must send you off on yourthe seven dials and switches of the Barrier Wand, his tongue pressed between his lips

"Whoa, dude," Paul said "I don’t like the sound of this"

"We don’t have tiainst the door "Master George and I will stay here and protect the Command Center as best we can; we have a few tricks up our sleeve that Mistress Jane doesn’t know about You three are going with Mothball to the Thirteenth Reality"

"The Thirteenth--" Tick started, his sto into a pit of cold ice

"Don’t waste another e finished his flipping and turning of the Wand’s controls and looked at the four recruits "This attack on ency of your mission Follow Mothball’s orders She has weapons called Sound Slicers if you run into trouble Please do me a favor and don’t point them at each other I’d rather you not return to me with your brains turned into runny oatmeal"

Sound Slicers? Tick wondered He really wanted to voice a question, but the e held up a warning finger "It is i back the Barrier Wand of Mistress Jane We must seal her in the Thirteenth Reality forever Or at least until we can properly prepare to fight against her evil oes as planned, it should be quite, er, easy"

Tick didn’t like the hesitancy in Master George’s voice He already felt like a rookie paratrooper about to be pushed out of the plane for the first time over a major battlefield, under heavy fire

"Atticus, you enjoy chess, yes?" Master George said in a tight voice

Tick couldn’t think of a question that seemed more out of place "Yeah"

"Good Coe, who put the Barrier Wand directly in front of his face "It’s been ood at memorization Am I correct?"

"Uh"

"Excellent! Now look at each of the controls on the Barrier Wand and memorize their position Exactly, now--there’s no room for error, none at all"

"But--"