Diane Duane - Wizard 04 by A Wizard Abroad

Author:A Wizard Abroad [Abroad, A Wizard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-06-05T12:24:09+00:00

American Regional for compositional spelling. But “Them”?”

“I mean, it was them who sent me on assignment. Wasn’t it?”

Johnny smiled very slightly, and all his wrinkles deepened. “Ahh… no. Not even a Regional Senior, or one of the Planetaries, can actually put a wizard on active assignment. No matter how certain we are that the world’s ending.” He shot a humorous look at Ronan, and Ronan looked like he was tempted to try to pull his head down inside his black turtleneck. “No, those decisions are made higher up. I might have mentioned North American Regional, but there are more than humans involved in that. Never mind for now. I take it Doris had a little talk with you about our local problems.”

Nita opened her mouth to answer, and was startled by a sudden shout from up front. “LAST

ORDERS NOW! TEN MINUTES, GENTLEMEN. LAST ORDERS, PLEASE…!”

Johnny laughed at the look her face must have been wearing. “All the pubs have to close at eleven-thirty this time of year,” he said. “Anyway, Doris says she told you the ropes.”

“If you mean she told me not even to sneeze in the Speech,” Nita said, “yes.”

Johnny laughed under his breath. “It must seem hard. Believe me, it’s for the best… and there’ll be enough magic around here for anybody, come the end of the month, if things keep going the way they’ve been going. We’ll be in touch with you, of course.”

“Johnny,” Ronan said suddenly,“this may be out of turn…’

“Knowing you, my lad,” Johnny said, “probably.”

“Johnny…Look, it’s nothing personal,” Ronan said, glancing at Nita and blushing furiously again. “But why can’t this be handled locally? Why do we need blowins?”

Nita went red too, with annoyance. She thought of about six different cutting things to say, and kept her mouth shut on them all.

But Johnny simply looked mildly surprised. “Self-sufficiency, is it?” he said. “Have you fallen for that one? It’s an illusion, Ro. Why do we “need” the help of the Tuatha? Why do we need the Powers that Be? Or even the Lone Power? - forthat One has a function in the universe, too.

You know that. The whole lot of us are interconnected, and there’s no way we can get away from it, or any one group of us solve even the littlest problementirely by ourselves. This matteris being handled locally. It’s being handled onEarth . Next thing, you’re going to ask me what the Northern Irish wizards are doing here.” His eyebrows went up and down. “You’ve been listening to too many politicians. Better apologize to her before she turns you into a soggy beermat,” Johnny said, patted Nita on the shoulder, and moved on.

“TIME NOW, GENTLEMEN, TIME NOW. TAKE THOSE GLASSES AWAY, CHARLIE!”

Jack was shouting from the front of the pub. Nita did her best to keep her face still. She had gone quite hot and tight inside, and was holding on to herself hard; controlling her emotions had never been her strongest suit, and she had no desire to say something stupid here, where she was a guest and would make her aunt look bad.

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