Meanwhile, Amanda's Tree Troll guide was furiously carving runes into a piece of wood, and Amanda was leaning over his shoulder, trying to read them as best she could.

Winsome is okay.

"S_E IS ASLEEP _ROM DRINK," puzzled Amanda. " SHE IS ASLEEP FROM - Oh. Too much mead?"

"Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya!" nodded the Tree Trolls.

The Blue Faeries nodded too. They accepted this answer. Winsome was fond of her homebrew.

"All right then," said Amanda. "Where's this Portal Cave?"

"Ri har," replied Amanda's Troll guide as it pulled aside the foliage immediately behind Amanda to reveal a magnificent sight. The Portal Cave was a maze of giant crystal prisms, each awash in brilliant swirls of colour and light.

The Portal Cave was a magnificent sight.

"It's beautiful!" exclaimed Amanda.

"This palatial parlour of portals is a paragon of perfection," agreed the BFQ.

Amanda's Tree Troll guide carved a sign for her to read:

Each prism is a portal to a different world.

"EACH BRISM - no PRISM." The Tree Trolls didn't seem to know the difference between P's and B's, which was sometimes confusing for Amanda. "EACH PRISM IS A PORTAL TO A DIFFERENT WORLD."

"Ca you fi you worl?" asked the Troll.

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