"...And blow up the book?" Kodama added, almost gently. "Have you ever been out before, Ty Dao? Do *you* know what could happen? I don't. Maybe it'll work. Maybe it won't. Maybe we'll both go to..."<br/><br/>Her face went paler, and she swallowed hard, hands shifting within the long sleeves of her obi. "The place where there are<em>no words</em>," the girl managed, voicing her darkest fear; The fear for *every* word in the dictionary! But then her eyes flashed, and she squared her slim shoulders.<br/><br/>"But the Master *could* put you back in- And he won't have to take you out, next time!"