CHAPTER 7-2
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The goo oozed off Ned’s face, which was no longer swollen. His skin was pristine, uncharred. Next to him, Ping’s body reassembled, and his substance poured off of Ned’s frame. As more of Ned became visible, Mara noted that, while his skin was no longer blistered and burned, his clothing was blackened with holes burned through in several places.
A moment after Ping had pulled himself together, Ned gasped, then inhaled a deep breath. His eyes fluttered, and he struggled to prop himself up onto an elbow. “The book,” he said. “Where is the book? We have to save it.”
Ping picked up an old volume sitting on the ground next to Ned’s hip. It had been the object Ned had hugged when he appeared on the lawn. “This book?” Ping asked.
Ned relaxed when he saw it. “I had to save it for Mara. She’s the only person who can defeat Curate Tran, but she will need this.”
Ping looked at the spine of the volume. Its title was Elements of Magic.
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