Common Worlds

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Passing down the hidden cleft, the Rass band moved beyond some sort of guarding portal, then came to a living statue with a huge hand, even bigger than the rest of the statue.

Boomer figured out that this creature was some sort of grandson of Genert.

It required the Rass and company to amuse him in some way before he would let them pass.

Beyond they entered a huge, high ceilinged cavern, dimly lit from the distance by indirect light streaming from a gigantic passage that apparently rose up to the Perfect City of Pavis.

On the largest open part of the cavern, uncountable masses of people processed and wove together in some huge and beautiful dance. Each of the heroes felt in some way compelled to enter into the dance, and as they did so, each met some partner or partner who offered some strange, valuable, peculiar or downright rude thing or concept.

Gil, the guide for all of them, was immediately and seriously offered "flatulence" which he accepted.

Gilli accepted knowledge of sables and

Boomer accepted a gift of Conflict.

Asher learned the magic of Satyrs.

Senech received a gift of fur.

Cam gained a gift of insight.

Croly learned the names of certain spirits of the dark.

As each of them took up these gifts, their next steps in the dance took them to another line, where no one offered things and instead they felt obliged to offer themselves. Gil got rid of his flatulence, Boomer taught of smallness and mapping, Croly gifted away his command of household, and others gave away stranger things.

Once each had achieved balance between gift and giving, they sensed their ability to leave the dance without disturbing it.