#debukefarmhold

"Downwind?"

"Jerk" he says with a grin, but moves down wind

Betty comes over "if I'd know I was going to get attacked by a poem, I would have brought one of my siege engines to school today" The nocker grumbles

"One of the little portable ones? Like that battering ram for a mousehole door?"

"that's not a bad iddea, Adam" She nods "Not furking bad at all"

Minerva groans "I am NOT a warrior... and that Louse was grotesque"

Unfortunately for her, Betty and Alanza giggle rather than support

"Hurumph" she mutters

It seems the Earth Runes crowd is kind of gathering in one collective here

Adam smirks but says nothing.

And yes, he has a warm hat on.

Betty mentions Adam's idea to Minerva.. and Minerva looks impressed. Converstaion starts up on how best to fight chimera... of various types, partuclarly literary based . Minerva admits "I guess one lesson is sometimes where the Dream came from tells you how to defeat it, or at least gives a clue"

Adam seeks insight from the poem as he tries to memorize it.

A nonsense poem, perhaps meant to show how silly language can get.. a lot of the words weren't real words but have become part of the English language thanks to it. Maybe there's a lesson in that

Adam ponders this. It rings true to him, but not easy. The physical has always been earier and increasingly so. Words.... music, poetry..... they just don't seem to flow as well.

Yet they do have power. Mmm

He frowns at the text. For sports and stuff you can exercise, practice, compete.... how do you get better with words and ideas and stuff?

Sir Earl appears "Hello everyone." He says looking nervous "Let's get you all out of here fast"

Adam stands, and motions. "Sir, why don't you take the younger ones first?"

"Oh I can get you all at once I'm pretty sure." A beat "Did you want to stick around the farm?"

"No, Sir."

"Then.. let's gather round and beam away.."

As they huddle

a voice an be heard "Earl? Earl? YOu're here! Good.. the family has been wanting to talk to you about you and Zara Oathing .. and maybe if you'd like us to raise a house for..."

Adam huddles as well, but looks up when the voice speaks.

"Oops .. cantrip under way... sorry Clem.. we're fadddiiiinnnggg"

and yes, he actually says it like that

Right beffore they all flicker flash