Here's a little bit more of the third installment in the Petri Dish Chronicles! As always, the disclaimer is that this is a draft and, as such, it's unedited and likely full of errors and is subject to revision, revamping, and being completely scrapped and rewritten. But, with that in mind, I'm reasonably satisfied with the basics of it, at least at the moment, or I wouldn't have bothered posting it. Enjoy! :-)
Excerpt from Shifting Paradigms:
Giving a slight nod, Vlad said, "That sounds as promising a plan as any, at this point." And, with that inscrutable declaration, he rose and gestured that Chessie and Daji should, as well. “I’ll entertain your friends while you make the attempt.”
Jumping to her feet, Petri grabbed Chessie’s wrist. "No!”
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Vlad responded, “Per Dish, as long as we are working towards a common goal, I have no incentive to harm your friends.”
“I won't let you separate us.”
“It’s okay, hun. You need to concentrate, so it makes sense if we take off for a while."
Petri clutched her friend’s wrist harder but never took her eyes off Vlad. Setting her mouth in a thin line, she shook her head once sharply.
The enigmatic entity returned her stare for a moment before saying, “As you wish. We will remain within this room, but we will move to the far end of the room so as not to disturb your efforts."
“Your word? You won’t take them out of my sight or put up any barriers between us?”
“You have my word that while you are meditating and attempting to form a connection to the rainbow, I will not remove your friends from your sight or make any attempt to deny you access to each other.”
Knowing that was as good as she was going to get under the circumstances, Petri nodded. “Okay.”
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