"Not as much as you will if word of this gets out," I
warned. "I vote that we give them the money to pay it
off. I don't want to, but it's the only way I can think of
to keep this thing from becoming public knowledge."
"Done." Aahz nodded. "But let me handle it. If
Matt the Rat there gets wind of the fact that the whole
thing was a mistake on our part, he'd probably black-
mail us for our eyeteeth."
"Right, "I agreed.
With that, we, the two most sought-after, most
highly-paid magicians at the Bazaar, turned to deal with
our charges, reminded once more why humility lies at
the core of greatness.
