The Time Stone, Third Edition (Extended Version)
Chapter 49

Near the city of Chronix Bay, through the harbor and out to sea past the last buoy, a small rowboat with a makeshift sail is floating towards an unknown and uncertain destination.

“James, what are we going to do? How do we know what we are supposed to do now?” asks Tina frantically. “It seems like only yesterday I was learning in college classes and books about subjects relating to other dimensions, but I never thought I would actually be involved in a situation like this myself. I say it’s crazy because it seems so ludicrous yet it is actually happening. I mean, how wills this end? It’s not looking good for us, and anyway how will we live when we are just as destitute now as we were before we fell into this mess!”

“As long as we don’t give up, we can succeed. We have seen a lot and who knows what else is out there?”

“But James, I don’t know if that is true, but I do want to keep helping and being useful … with you,” says Tina.

“I think we will be helping each other” says James. “We have been through a lot for sure, but I have a feeling we have only scratched the surface of what we are supposed to accomplish with this thing and for our own sakes too. There has to be hope, all we need is a little faith.” He looks down at the emerald in her lap: even wrapped in a cloth, it is glowing brightly in the moonlight.