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certifiable genius, but also one of the highest-ranking Magicians in the
International Fantasy Gaming Society.

She needed him now. "There's a way across," she said urgently. "Find it for
me."

Light erupted from Cipher. Its radiance revealed a loop of rope sitting on a
tree branch beside the abyss.

Acacia reached for it, then hesitated. What was the trick? Was it as easy
as that? She sensed nothing menacing...

"Reveal danger," the Captain whispered.

At first, nothing. Then...

"Look," Acacia whispered. On the far side of the falls danced a tongue of
red fire.

"This is your baby," Cipher said happily.

Acacia retrieved the coil of rope and balanced it in her hand. There was
something wrong with itтАФa metal bulb buried in the trip? But a quick scan
by Cipher showed nothing. That meant that it was Dream Park business,
not hers.

She made a long cast over the water

The rope stood straight out

And hung there, like an Indian rope trick performed on the horizontal. And
then the rope elasticised, began to stretch out and out ... until it connected
on the other side.

Acacia's tummy did a sour little dance, recognising the next part. She
reached out a sandal-shod foot and tested the cord.

It would bear her weight.

"Vision," she said brusquely. "I want magnified vision."

There on the other side of the abyss was the rope bridge. The rope didn't
quite reach. Someone would have to cross and attach a lariat to the
magical bridge, and then haul it back across.

Or could her team cross on the rope? Hand over hand? Tightrope walking?
"Captain Cipher? Do you think that you could тАФ?"

"Captain Cipher loves your sense of humor," he said.