Tomorrow night found me crouching in the bushes just outside of the Four Wand Ranch, which was Luke Michaels’ private ranch. More specifically, I was on its northeastern side, outside of the tall, barb wire fence which ran the entire length of the Ranch. It was an impressively tall fence, without any holes big enough for me to slip through. That normally wouldn’t be a problem, because I could jump high enough to clear the top of the fence easily, but the problem was that the fence was magically enchanted to block people who tried to jump over it. The documents Jajaras gave me weren’t very clear on what would happen to me if I tried to jump the fence, but they did make it clear that it would be painful and that even if I survived, the Ranch guards would be alerted to my presence and capture
