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Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Three Gold Coins

Yang refused to let Puck pass through and wouldn't say why. It took several attempts and three gold coins for Yang to look the other way while he slipped through. When Puck finally reached him, Eric was crying pitifully and his tears were smudging the tattoos on his arms and the words there were all dissolving into a blur.

"Hey Eric, you wanna get out of here?"

Eric could not hear him and did not see him - he did not believe in the Fey, or even Hell for that matter, and this was now blocking his perception of what truly was.

Puck reached over and touched Eric's hand. Eric yelped and shrank back - he thought that another of those sharp needles was pricking him.

Puck hated to admit it, but the Guardian Yang had been right - Eric simply wasn't ready yet. It was going to be one of those mornings.

He patted the cowering man on the back sympathetically, and resolved to return as soon as circumstances were worthwhile. With three more coins he asked the Ape on the way out to let him know when Eric was up to being released and could go home with him.


-Gabriel Brunsdon, Puck in Hell, Azlander Series





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