by Freezair » 03/04/2013 1:12 AM
"Well, if the three of you believe in us, then that will surely be the best kind of belief," Umberto said. For a moment, his face almost resembled that of a monk, serene in thought while his students figured out something without him. "In fact, I daresay that I will need your belief in order to pull it off. Come closer."
Umberto was already close, of course, but he landed on the ground with a puff of dirt and loped off towards the shop. Eurydice followed as Umberto moved around the side of the building. The Diosol kept lifting his ears and looking back to make sure the others followed him.
"Now, I cannot disclose everything to do. I apologize for this, but there could be a great deal of trouble for many people if I go telling my secrets. But, to put it simply... I do not have many powers of my own. My powers are merely lent to me, by certain... forces. But they are only given to me when the need is great and the cause is just. Do you understand?"
Eurydice, for her part, nodded. The word "just" was all she needed to hear. Special powers, based on how righteous the cause was! Sounded like her kind of magic!
"These powers are primarily for the helping of other people. The amount I can muster at once, when my cause is fully believed in by my employers, is generally enough to help one person out of a... a fairly large scrape, shall we say. And one of these... scrapes, especially the kind that I deal in, is helping people from one world to another. However. The worlds that I typically ferry people between are fairly... fixed. I usually have a set few I go between. So while I have the power and the right sort of spells to take a person from world to world, this man's world is not one of the worlds I know how to reach. Are you still following?"
Eurydice nodded energetically.
"But with the help of my friend here, who is free to use his powers for whatever he wishes, he can divine the place to send this man to and set up the 'anchor' of the spell, as it were, so that he can be taken there. My magic will open the portal and provide the 'push' that sends him home. The man can help with the divining by telling us about his homeworld."
Umberto flew up to Eurydice and Shawn, and hovered in their faces. "And you two. You two can help by believing as hard as you possibly can, alright? My employers are some very good people." He saw a twinkle in Eurydice's eyes, and nodded to her. "They know what's right and wrong. But the more people believe in what they can do--what I can do--and believe that it's the right thing to be done, the more power they'll send me. Can you help with that? I'm counting on you two."
I'm so cool (too bad I'm a loser).
I'm so smart (too bad I can't get anything figured out)!
I'm so brave (too bad I'm a baby).
I'm so fly
That's probably why it feels just like I'm falling for the first time!
I'm so green (it's really amazing).
I'm so clean (too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me)!
I'm so sane (It's driving me crazy)!
It's so strange
I can't believe I'm falling for the first time!
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