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[color=DeepSkyBlue]“So it [i]is[/i] a sword…”[/color] Steph said softly as she examined the weapon. 

She had only held it for a few seconds, before the fairy that had appeared to her just after she’d awoken winked into existence. The tiny creature talked at a rapid pace as it excitedly fluttered around her. Steph tried her best to make sense of what it was saying. Something about finding a girl named Sarah who was currently with the king. She supposed she could do that. After all, she was already planning on paying the king a visit. But who was this girl anyway? And who, or what, was this fairy? Before she could ask, the fairy winked out of existence as swiftly as it had arrived.

[color=DeepSkyBlue][i]She mentioned running out of power…[/i][/color] Steph thought to herself. [color=DeepSkyBlue][i]Maybe she’s an AI of some sort?[/i][/color]

Peter’s voice dissolved her musings. He was asking if she was okay.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]“Yeah, I’m fine,”[/color] Steph told him. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“So there’s nothing to worry yourself about.”[/color]

He went on to tell her how Minoc had used the sword to move stone, and suggested that she might be able to do the same.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]“Move stone, huh?”[/color] she asked with a raised eyebrow. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“Well, let’s give it a shot.”[/color]

Pointing the sword at the wall next to the door, Steph closed her eyes and concentrated, focusing on linking her mind to the weapon and visualizing the wall opening to create a passage for them to walk through, before sealing back up again.

[color=DarkGray]“O-Oh my goodness!”[/color] she heard Peter exclaim after a moment. [color=DarkGray]“Y-You’re actually doing it!”[/color]

Opening her eyes, Steph saw that the apprentice was right. The sword had caused an opening to form in the wall just as she had envisioned.

[color=DeepSkyBlue]“Come on, Peter,”[/color] she instructed, while slinging her backpack over her shoulder. [color=DeepSkyBlue]“Let’s get out of here!”[/color]

After the two had passed through the opening, it swiftly sealed itself, so that no one would realize they had escaped, unless they checked inside the room itself. Wishing to avoid suspicion, Steph retuned the sword to her backpack. 

[color=DeepSkyBlue]“Okay, now to find Sarah…”[/color]