"What happened?" asked Astra, shaking her head to try to clear it. "And
where are we?"
"It looks just like how I've heard Atlantis was supposed to look. As to
what happened,
I used the Crystallic, and wished for what I wanted to achieve, that my
bite should take
immediate effect. I didn't buy that 'demifox but not werefox' tale. I
didn't intend
to kill the dwarf, though. As to why we seem to have been
transported to Atlantis,
I have no idea, except that the Crystallic originally came from there. It
looks as if trying to use the Crystallic if you aren't a mage may be
a dangerous business. I was wondering if I could use it to restore
us, but now
I think that would be far too risky""
"I see. I didn't intend to kill the lawyer either but, not surprisingly in the circumstances, my hand slipped. So we really are werefoxes and only have a week or so left to get ourselves restored? I'm not really surprised; the idea that we aren't didn't really fit. In that case I'd have said that being several thousand miles away from Walants would have made it rather difficult to get to Synizn within the time limit, except - did I dream it, or did I hear voices, and one of them say Synizn? And one voice sounded just like you?" "Yes," said Fred, "but that makes no sense." "Well, we seem to have these choices:
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