affame_le_geant_pioneer_and_hero fyn gula puppertwinkle retrieved the alcance del mundo from the box of presents, saumboo's question hanging in the air like print in a cartoon balloon, the little dog's still empty, waiting for a way to say something that was honest but not revealing. saumboo had slipped back into a bleak despondency anyway and his previous interest in gift two had melted like a freezepop on a summer sidewalk. a stray cat comes and licks once at the puddle of sugar water until an influx of ants take over. therefore, puppertwinkle looked for the FW button. the wings of feignez were to him a riddle wrapped in an enigma. he had several questions concerning their mysterious presence and he hoped that what he viewed in the scope would provide the answers. he knew what they were for, what their purpose was in relation to saumboo's future and the bridging of parallel worlds, but why couldn't he tell saumboo about them? and who was it that gathered them along the bianca strada, stepping over the myriad of bird corpses littering the scared ground? whose hands wrapped them in black tissue paper before reverently placing them in a concise glass box? practicing the fine art of diversion, puppertwinkle excused himself a moment and feigned a few licks of water. feeling he was safely out of the range of saumboo's heightened sense of hearing, he peered into the ascance del mundo's viewfinder. it was a digital recording of boffden the beardless gnome. he was a talking head with a gravely serious face. he spoke in a spanish learned from four years in san sebastian. the little dog listened with rapt attention, ears straight up in classic chihuahua style. the translated transcript: "greetings, puppertwinkle. you have performed well up to this point. frau werzenwozen and i are pleased with your guardianship. saumboo's transformation is right on schedule. however, the next step is absolutely vital and must be accomplished or our objective will utterly fail. behold the wings of feignez. you may now answer question two from the box, "what have we left behind?" someday we will leave our lives behind and see with clarity what it is that lies before us, but for now, while we remain, we find that the past never truly fades away. we need elements from it to aid the journey of our destination. your task is to attach the wings of feignez to the back of saumboo. you must not tell him you are doing so for it is his ignorance and innocence that will activate the process of his final steps of transformation. underneath the black tissue paper in the glass case you will find a package of adhesive. best wishes to you. if you have questions, you can reach me by pressing the silver B button on the ascance del mundo. again, thank you for your tireless commitment to the cause of the revolution that will not be televised. you are a pioneer. you are a hero." 020928 what's it to you? who go blather from