Duane, Diane - Young Wizards 03 - High Wizardy by Duane Diane

Author:Duane, Diane
Language: eng
Format: epub

HighWizardry

yourself, or on the both of you, I don’t want you in this. Too much can go wrong.”

Kit looked at Nita, then back at Tom. “It’s cool,” he said.

Nita nodded. Tom looked at her.

“I know,” he said. “You’re upset about her. All right ... you’ll have a while to shake down, while you chase her.

Meantime, Carl and I have sent word ahead through the Network, so that a lot of people will be expecting you.” He smiled. “You’re going to find that the way wizards have to behave on Earth is the exception rather than the rule. Most of the major law-enforcement bodies in this part of the Galaxy routinely call wizards in for consultations, and they owe us a lot of favors. So don’t be afraid to ask the authorities wherever you go for help. Odds are you’ll get it.”

“Okay.”

“So get out of here. And good hunting.”

“Thanks.”

“Come here, bird,” Tom said to Picchu. Nita looked up in surprise, expecting an explosion: Picchu did not take orders.

She was surprised to see the macaw clamber up onto Tom’s arm and reach up to nibble his ear. Tom scratched her in the good place, on the back of the head, and she went vague in the eyes for a couple of minutes, then ruffled the neck feathers up and shook herself. “You be careful,” Tom said.

“I’ll be fine,” Picchu said, sounding cranky.

Nita repacked her knapsack, slung it on, and flipped her manual open to the marked pages with the verbal supplement for the transit spell as Tom passed Peach back to Kit. She caught Kit’s eye, stepped into the circle at the same time he did. Tom backed away. Slowly, and in unison, they began to read, and the air trapped in their shieldspells began to sing the note ears sing in silence ...

As the spell threw them out of the Solar System, Nita wondered whether she would ever see it again...

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HighWizardry

“Dead,” Dairine whispered. “I’m dead for sure.”

“Input error,” said the computer, sounding quite calm.

Dairine’s heart leapt. “Are you busted?!” she cried.

“Syntax error 24,” said the computer, “rephrase for-“

“You can take your syntax errors and ... never mind!” Dairine said. “What’s wrong with you? Diagnostic!”

“External input,” said the computer. “Nontypical.”

“What is it? Some kind of broadcast?”

“Negative. Local.”

It happened right after it linked to the geothermal power, Dairine thought. “Check your link to the planet,” she said.

“Affirmative. Positive identification. External input. Planetary source.”

“Are there people here?” Dairine said, looking around hurriedly.

“Negative.” The computer’s screen kept filling up with 1’s, clearing itself, filling with 1’s again.

She held still and forced herself to take a deep breath, and another. The computer wasn’t broken, nothing horrible had happened. Yet. “Can you get rid of all those ones?” she said to the computer.

“Affirmative.”

The screen steadied down to the last page she had been looking at. Dairine stared at it.

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