CHAPTER 17“I think it best If I ride in the back of the wagon, so I can keep an eye on Abby,” Dr. Lantern said.
Ping and Sam agreed.
Dr. Lantern nodded toward Abby, asleep on a straw mattress. “At least I don’t remind her of dragons or something that wanted to possess her.”
Sam held the reins and guided Belle along the dirt road toward the manor while Ping sat next to him, watching the countryside as it crawled past. The clomping of horse hooves, the creaking of floorboards and the rasping of wheels over hard dirt created enough background noise that Sam and Ping could talk without being overheard by Dr. Lantern.
Ping smiled at Sam and said, “Considering how resistant you were to entering the receptacle, this experience has turned out to be quite a compelling one. Wouldn’t you say?”
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