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into... decode?” I shook my head. “We don't even have a router here, there's no Inter Realm connection, and how can you decode magic?”
    “ I am made of codes, Internet energy,” he shrugged, “but I'm also made of magic. Iktomi had to imbue me with some of his own magic in order to give me life. Because of this combination, I've been able to connect with most magic like it's source code, a readable set of instructions that I can take apart. If you can point me in the right direction, I can unblock the path for you.”
    “ Holy hand grenades!” I grabbed him and hugged him. “Torrent, if you can do that, you might just save my life again.”
    “ I'd be happy to help,” he smiled wide, the perfectly smooth skin on his face rippling like water instead of wrinkling. His clear green eyes, glass-like in their clarity, shimmered over a second, like a light had been passed behind them.
    “ Bring me our vengeance, boy,” Fenrir rumbled as he stepped forward and grabbed Torrent's shoulder, “and you will be considered family by the Froekn.”
    “ He's already family,” I smiled at the man who'd saved me from Iktomi, betraying his own creator to save a stranger and win his freedom. “But I'm sure he'd appreciate the gratitude of the Froekn.”
    “ It would be my honor to help Vervain's people,” Torrent nodded.
    “ That's a good lad,” Fenrir nodded. “This goddess has plagued us for far too long. I refuse to lose any more of my children to her.”
    “ Where are we anyway?” I suddenly realized I had no idea of where Trevor had brought us.
    “ Yosemite,” Fenrir glanced around.
    We were in a clearing, just on the outskirts of a forest. Most of the trees were tall and kind of conical, pine maybe. I don't know, I've never been good at recognizing plants. Far off behind me was a river, peacefully flowing along, and in front of me, back behind the trees, a mountain rose up into the blue sky. It wasn't like the mountains in Hawaii that I was used to, it was more gray rock than green and its sharp cliffs were straight edges, like something had just sheered part of the rock away. It was beautiful though, if only it hadn't been sullied by death.
    “ Yosemite National Park?” I asked.
    “ No, Yosemite Sam's house,” Trevor smirked at me.
    “ Very funny,” I gave him a look. “The question is, what was Demeter doing here?”
    “ Hiding out?” Trevor shrugged, “going for a stroll? Who knows and who cares? Let's just find her.”
    “ Okay already,” I huffed. “Torrent, you still haven't answered my question. How do we get into the Inter Realm without a router?”
    “ I am a router,” he laughed. “Well, kind of. I can connect to the Inter Realm whenever I wish. I'm a walking hot spot.”
    “ There are so many jokes,” I shook my head, “and this is so not the time for them.”
    “ Maybe another time then,” Torrent held his hand out to me. “I think your family wants us to get started.”
    “ Right,” I took his hand and suddenly the Human Realm was overlaid by the Inter Realm. Everything was sharper, the colors brighter, and multi-colored streams of energy ran in all directions, transporting information all over the world. Now that Iktomi and Mica were dead, there was no taint to the web, no toxic threads running by. It was good to see, like a once polluted stream cleared and running pure.
    “ Can you still see Demeter's trail?” Torrent asked.
    “ Yes, it's red, very easy to spot in here.”
    “ Good, I can't see it, so remember what it looks like. Come on, this way,” he grabbed one of the threads and I jumped on behind him, the information pulling us along at a dizzying rate.
    We finally jumped the thread at a spot that seemed to have a glowing tunnel going through it. I walked up to the golden haze hesitantly, suddenly remembering the little jaunt I'd taken through the Aether via the Inter Realm, during which I'd paused to take a look-see. I never did it again. The Aether was hard to