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real world. As soon as they returned to the

path and settled down for the night he would

start looking for the way back.

“Keep up, Jay!” Rosie called back at him a

few moments later. They were making their

way back to the path. Jay had been dawdling

on purpose. He was looking for anything that

might be a clue to getting out of the game.

What would a way out look like? The way in

had just happened. He hadn’t been looking for

it, it had just happened. Jay tried to think back

but couldn’t remember doing anything in

particular. He certainly hadn’t asked to enter

the game. How could he possibly know how to

ask to get out of it?

A worrying thought was forming in Jay’s

mind. What if there wasn’t a way out? What if

he was going to be stuck there for the rest of

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