Risk and Reward

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They looked like regular rocks.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik

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She shook her head. This was a waste of time.
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The elf was pacing in his foyer.
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Queenie debated summoning the elf again. Maybe there was a trick to it she wasn't getting. Most of the trap doors and hidden compartments in her house were biometric. Maybe the elf had forgotten to program it to let her in or something.

She sighed and got the rock out, tossing it in a shallow section of the river. "You don't have a door, dude."
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He appeared. "Sure I do. But that's not the entrance to my house. It's the entrance to my realm. Go ahead through."
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"Just walk through the rock?"
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"Yup. But pick this one up first!"
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"Yeah, yeah." She picked up the stone and turned back to the rock face. With a sigh she pressed a hand to the stone.
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It passed straight through.
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She followed it through the rock.
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Behind it was a wide-open valley with pastures and small cottages. A massive tree sat in the middle, which was surrounded by a wall of vines.
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Queenie stepped out into the sun and stared out at the land. Why hadn't he given her any further instructions?
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The elf came out of his house--the tree--and looked around with a frown. Where was she?
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Queenie spotted him in the distance and approached. "Love the real specific directions."
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"Thanks!" He grinned. "Glad you made it. Wanna come in?"
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And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened.
— Bartimaeus of Uruk