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Startled, Edsel apologized "Sorry I didn't mean to "

She looked at him "What do you mean, didn't mean to'" she de manded with cute severity "You rapped me on the noggin with your knuckle "

"IЧI thought it was just a picture I was knocking on the door You knowЧhitting the site I never thought it would be literal '

She stared at him "You're Mundane'"

He was taken aback "I confess I am You arenV

"Of course not Not any more Now I'm Xanthian In real life I mean this is just my Magic Mesh Leaf How did you get into the O Xone9"

"There was a sign, saying something about a spell and a penalty and m\ foot began to hurt, and I whistledЧand then I was here So I did what it said, and looked you up "

Breanna seemed mollified "Okay Let's start at the top I'm Breanna of the Black Wave My talent is to see m blackness Who are you and what's yoursr

I'm Edsel ofЧot Mundama, and I guess my talent is to cruise the GigaGnd Or to make droll jokes But I ne\er found thisЧthis Magic Mesh before

"Of course not; it's barred to most Mundanes." The picture considered. It ucn a picture; just her head and shoulders, animate but flat, like a TV image. Yet her eyes looked at him, and she was responsive to his words. "You must have found a glitch. A spell that wasn't programmed.

What exactly did you do?"

"Well, 1 whistled Like this." He made a voiced whistle.

The picture wavered and became three dimensional. Breanna's lips pursed. "That's magic, all right; it just enhanced my sight.''

"You mean your site?"

She smiled. "That too. maybe. I mean, suddenly I see you rounded

instead of flat. Am 1 the same to you?"

"Yes But you're still just a head and shoulders. I can't see your rounded portions, though I'd like to."'

She flashed another smile, appreciating the implied humorous compliment. "For sure. Thai's all there is of me in the Leaf. I mean, how could the real me be here9"

"I don't know. The real me seems to be here, though that seems

impossible."

"For sure. We'll have to patch that glitch. But you don't seem bad

for a Mundane."

"Well. I hope I'm not bad. even if my marriage is patchy." He

hadn't meant to say that; he was a little unsettled.

"Too bad you're not in Xanlh. Marriages are forever, there."