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the Howlers."

The argument hit home with Rachel. "Fair enough."

have you chosen? a huge voice asked.

I sighed. "Yeah, but can you give us a few days to -"

me, I beg of you.>

I was staring into a face not even a mother could love.

"Howler?" I asked shakily.

no, iskoort, the Ellimist said. your families

WILL NOT KNOW YOU HAVE GONE. BUT IF YOU DIE ...

He let that hang. He didn't have to explain further.

"When does this fight start?" I cried, recoiling from the Iskoort face
thrusting toward me.

IT HAS BEGUN.

33

?Who invented this place, Dr. Seuss?" Marco demanded.

We were miles in the air. Miles from the ground, which we could see just
over the edge of the platform. The platform with no railing, no warning.
The platform that just stopped suddenly.

Below us was a twisting, leaning, propped-up-on-gigantic-support-beams
structure of other platforms. Floors, I guess, all stuck here and there,
sticking far out and not so far.

Above us was more of the same, till you'd swear the monstrous
construction would reach the moon, assuming the Iskoort had a moon.

34 All of this was built of brilliantly colored blocks or bricks or
segments.

Imagine that someone starts with all the Legos in the world. Add in all
the Duplos and cheap bargain Duplos and let some humongous kid assemble
them all into a tower a hundred miles tall.

Assume that no sensible adult ever becomes involved, except to come
along occasionally and wedge in what looks like crutches the size of