15 A Day of Rest
Tom and the other two had been back from the time trip about thirty minutes before the Sage was prepared to address them. The Trio needed the time to relax and to drink a lot of water. For some reason, the time trip took a lot of water out of their systems, and they needed to replace it.
They didn't explain why Charla had failed to return, but in the presence of the stone, Tom seemed to have information about things that he didn’t have any source for unless it was coming straight from the stone. Another odd thing about the stone was its size. It kept changing size, and even slightly altering its shape. Right now it was the right size and shape for Tom to slip it into his back pocket, which was where it was right then. Back in the past, it was about the size of a basketba
