Chapter 0841″Oh, just be quiet and let me concentrate.”

Jesse does as he’s bid, only grumbling a little. Because they’ve been here for hours, and while the blob at the center has shifted a couple of times, there’s no way to really know if it’s people or…something else. Either way, it seems thoroughly encaged, so Jesse is not precisely sure why it matters.

Midnight, however, refuses to vanish them back to the yurt and have done with it.

“Let’s just go closer,” Jesse mutters.

“No!” Midnight hisses. “We must stay unseen. Darkness doesn’t want anyone to know about me. I’m his super spy.” The last bit is preening.

“Then just call him up and tell him what you’ve found,” Jesse sighs. “Or, better yet, never talk to him again and zip us back to Moon Valley.”

“You’re being a brat, Jesse,” Midnight snaps. “You begged to come along and now you won’t even let me do my job.”