ReaderPaul

Uhh... the red Polo boxer-briefs really are my shorts Red Polo boxer-briefs? Sounds like something you would pull over your head to put on, if Polo style!

A walk in the considerably overgrown Jurassic Park, maybe. I am glad Jamie showed Geert how to create the meshed shield(s). Is the "nebulous overlay" part of the shield specific to the site where Jamie created it, or does it apply to any area needing camouflaged?

Ah, but since you wrote much of this BEFORE Charlie Boone, wouldn't that universe be lifting from this one?

Wow -- a great but not surprising chapter. With this many chapters to go, it seemed very likely to me that something would happen to shake Jamie's confidence. Garvin is showing more, and I am looking forward to Geert's contribution. Excellent, Geron.

Ah, but one could pause and get a good look from time to time. In Geron's other stories, especially Charlie Boone, one with teleportation ability can teleport to any place one can see clearly, as well as places one has been.

I can think of another reason Master Thorvil flies to distant places. This idea comes from re-reading the following: Jamie raised his hand, and the green lead-point appeared as the knot for translocation slowly tied inside his mind. He was surprised to find that he did not have to concentrate on it, that he performed the act now almost by rote. All magics would be thus, one day. Experience - and time - would tell. The knot finished, there was again a sweeping blackness that passed over them, and then again they were in the road just down from the shell of the shop where Master Crillis had narrowly escaped with his life. Garvin raised a hand and squeezed Jamie's arm. "I will never get used to that, Jamie. To move so far, so rapidly. Why, a well-traveled mage need never walk again!" Jamie shrugged. "Have you noticed, though, that Master Thorvil never translocates? He always flies to his destinations, even though it might take much longer." He grinned. "I honestly believe he likes to see the sights!" They both laughed a moment, before Jamie looked up at Dorf. "We can start. Go back to the gate road and turn right. We need to get to the central avenue. Wanda's shop is just up from the market." It is my opinion Master Thorvil indeed flies to see the sights -- but also to be able to translocate to wherever he has flown over. That is my best guess, and it will come in handy later in this story -- or your sequel to it.

Fascinating as usual, Geron. So did Wanda ever have kids? Probably not, since a kid is a baby goat. (Friends of our family when I was growing up raised goats.) Did Wanda have children? And adding to their party, Geert. I am sure that will also be interesting....

It seems to me that Master Crillis has a form of radiation sickness. The staff used by the "beggar" reminds me of the staff used in "The Darkness Between Doors, and that Nyf termed a sort of "cattle prod" -- but much more deadly in its lasting effects. When Jamie, with the help of Kundrun, Lestho, and Pallin, and possibly Garvin and Snave, helps Master Crillis heal, I think he will have two more staunch allies in Crillis and Geert. Looking forward to seeing how Jamie explains the identity conundrum he now finds himself in.

I agree with @Ivor Slipper and with @drpaladin. Jamie has not been circumspect in front of Dorf, Geert, and Master Crillis. Plus, now Master Kundrun has called him Thorvil in front of D, G, and C.

The question came to my mind -- Since the town is named LYRIX. is the town one with a reputation for music and song writing?

As recounted in Chapter One of the story, Wanda Pegfoot, the old witch that Master Thorvil says is even older than he. However, her inner goodness shines through in the first chapter, such as: "Twenty-four gold," Jamie said. The current rate. Wanda tsked as she removed the coins from her purse. "My soul. Things are so expensive these days." But she counted out twenty-four of the gold coins, formed two stacks of them on the tabletop, and then smiled and added another. "For you boys. Get yourselves some sweets, you hear?" Jamie felt his eyebrows go up. A single gold would buy sweets for him and Garvin, both, for months. He was aware of Garvin taking a surprised breath next to him. "We can't take that," Jamie protested. "It's far too much." Wanda closed her purse, and it vanished back up her sleeve. "You can and you will." She smiled, again lessening the impact of her ugliness. "You two are sweet beyond words. Your souls shine like lighthouses on night's shore. So much that is ugly in this world - I will have the satisfaction of making you two happy." Jamie smiled. "Oh, well, when you put it that way --" Wanda actually laughed, a little bit of a frightening sound, but her heart was in it, and Jamie could feel it there. Wanda will probably help them, but we will see what happens.

Compared to a story I read on another site, years ago, where the shortest chapter had 26,000 words, the longest over 90,000 words, and most in the upper 30 thousand + words, this is nothing on word count. And this story has so many ways it could go, it is fascinating! @Geron Kees -- no wonder it took so long to write and publish, with the myriad of potential plot directions!

Doc, I've usually heard it -- "Where there's a will, there's a lot of relatives."

Regarding Snave, very early in the chapter we find the following: They stopped before a large oaken door banded with iron and inlaid with red walnut. "This room has a single very large bed," Raimey said, looking at Jamie with a small smile. "Will that be sufficient for the needs of yourself and your apprentice?' Jamie grinned, gave a gentle jab with his elbow to Garvin. "What do you say, my apprentice?" Garvin raised an eyebrow at the term, but nodded. "I like the sound of it. But perhaps we can see it?" Raimey nodded, lifted the door's latch bolt and pushed the massive panel inward. Snave immediately glided into the room and found a spot in a corner, as if the decision to take the room had already been made. In truth, in one look, it had. Jamie and Garvin both gasped at what their eyes beheld. So Snave came with them, and then back with them later to the room where eating the food happens.

Okay -- in the sequel, they can discover the ability to see in regular darkness, as well, at will. Or maybe, would someone named Will need to be with them, to see in darkness at Will?

Probably the name was Americanized at some point. I agree with others, @R. Eric, who have expressed the wish that you continue to take care of yourself. I fight mild depression myself, so I know a small amount of what you are going through. I have also fought prostate cancer, and now am fighting an early stage of malignant melanoma. I look forward to not only more chapters of this story, but also your "Ark II" and "Bluebloods 5.1 Red Alert" and all other stories you continue.

I am wondering -- do the enhancements to the eyes of Jamie and Garvin allow them to see in regular darkness at will?

This is wonderful to see.

Blue skinned Jovian cat sees ultraviolet.

My pet, Alien, has green scales.

My cat shifts shape to dog.

When I read the title, I thought it was either a very small and short "male organ of generation", miniscule membrum virile, excessively moderate masculine extremity, undersized extrusion of maleness, pallid penile protrusion, petite phallus, tiny tool, wee willy, micro member, miniature manhood, diminutive dick, overly concise cock, OR a very short stature of body. As in the Doorways story "The Darkness Between Doors," I see you have crenellated towers of the castle. I think the Prince is going to be a very interesting character!

My new cat loves to swim.

I enjoyed reading this story. Jesse and Marty are young, but not necessarily innocent. Young lust turning in to love. Great stuff.

So, that makes Garvin the apprentice to the Wizard's apprentice?