*

So Cor and Fran retreated to the start of the green sward and replayed as accurately as they could remember the events that had led to Min’s mysterious disappearance.

Fran ran on ahead and when she got to the ‘marker’ she turned and shouted, “I can see it!”

Sure enough Fran, too, disappeared.

Moments later Cor followed her…

*

The other-side of space was vastly different from this one.

For one thing ideas and impressions, which are here only vaguely formulated, were there very real.

The huge figure which sat astride the Throne of Stones was eyeing the three interlopers with a furrowed brow.

He seemed at a loss as to what to do with them.

“You have clearly been sent here for a purpose,” he boomed at them after quite some deliberation. “What that purpose is I have yet to divine.”

Min, who had been in the Giant’s presence slightly longer than either Cor or Fran was the quickest to react.

“If we can be of any assistance in this process,” she spluttered, “please don’t hesitate to ask.”

“Do you know who I am?” boomed the Giant eyeing all three of them.

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