Just between you and I, man and were-fox........

" . . . . . civlized gentleman." finishes up Fred. Fred swears that he literally sees the hackles of his future self goes flat again! Something is definately weird here (weirder than it first appeared). And Fred swears he is beginning to see a decided redish tint in future Fred's hair . . . . . as well as the teeth being even . . . . . more pronounced.

"Good," future Fred says, nodding. "That's good. I don't have much time before I must . . . . return.

"Ahead of you, down this passage, is the beast's lair," future Fred says. "However, you want to wait for your cousin, Willian to come along so both you and he can fight the beast together, with dragonbane. . . . . ."

"Fight with DRAGONBANE?!!" Fred nearly shouts. "That's unmannly!"

"Fighting Minestus with only a sword is just stupid, Frederigo." his future self says in a calm voice . . . . funny how future Fred's seems to be getting . . . . fuzzier.

"Wha . . . . ?" asks Fred intelligently. He had prepared for this battle with the Dragon of the Southern Caves, not a grand Wyrm!! Good grief!

"The key to adverting world wide disaster, hopefully, lies in the death of Minestus before . . . . he can unleash his mad schemes on the world." future Fred finishes to a totally flustered Fred. "Willian, hopefully, will be able to give you the information that I no longer have time to give you. Whatever happens now won't effect me and my branch in the Stream . . . . . but hopefully I was able to help this Branch."

With that, future Fred vanishes. However, not before Fred catches the sight of future Fred's image being replaced by . . . . . an anthropomorphic fox?!

Well.......

1. Fred can head directly down this path, and not wait for his supposed cousin's arrival....
2. Fred could just follow his "future" self's advice.....
3. Fred could decide to go exploring some side tunnels that he hears noises from.....
4. Something else?

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