IIIN ALL MY HUNDREDS of thousands of years of historical experiences, in all the multi-verses I'd been part of, I'd never personally seen this happen. I'd read about it, and been told tales of it happening.
John, Sal and Jude all came back alive and in one piece. But John had simply collapsed on the floor, as if asleep. He had been holding onto the arms of the girls, but then let go once they all shimmered back in. Well, he actually fell about a foot to the ground.
But that wouldn't have caused any coma.
There was no concussion from his landing, no trauma or broken bones.
While the girls were brave, they were also distraught with worry. We'd lost human guides before, but that was usually through sudden death or longer-lasting disease. We'd just never lost a human soul from their body b
