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."
I tossed it out across the Pattern, underhand. She caught it easily and
hung it on her belt on the side opposite her own.
"Thanks," she said, straightening. "I guess I'll give it a try now."
"Just in case it really works, don't stay long. Okay?"
"Okay," she answered, and she closed her eyes.
An instant later she was gone. Oh, my.
I moved to the edge of the Pattern and held my hand above it until I
could feel the forces stirring there.
"You'd better know what you're doing," I said. "I want her back."
A spark shot upward and tickled my palm.
"You trying to tell me you're really sentient?"
Everything swirled about me. The dizziness passed in an instant, and
the first thing I noticed then was that the lantern was beside my right
foot. When I looked about I realized that I was standing on the other side
of the Pattern from where I had been and was now near the door.
"I was within your field and I'm already attuned," I said. "It was just
my unconscious desire to get out."
Then I hefted the lantern, locked the door behind me, `
and hung the key back on its hook. I still didn't trust the thing. If
it had really wanted to be helpful, it would have sent me directly to my
quarters and saved me all those stairs.
I hurried along the tunnel. It was by far the most interesting first
date I'd ever had
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