Am I meant to introduce each chapter? Well I won't!
***********************************************************************
After a short while, both Shadow and Rincewind had begun to retain a slightly higher degree of control over themselves, and were both talking, the conversation quite often taking annoying dips into that subject that neither wanted to address at the moment: Where were they? in fact, just Were they? was also a slight problem.
"So, erm, what do you do?"
"Oh, I'm a wizard."
"Hence 'wizzard' being written on your hat"
"Yes. Exactly. I'm also a part-time runner away, although perhaps I have been promoted to full time and somebody forgot to tell me."
"You run away from things?"
"That's about it. You would not believe that amount of times that i've almost died."
"What a coincidence. Me too! Although I tend to run towards things..."
"Towards?"
"Yeah, it's amazing how many things, when you run towards then, get out of your way."
"Oh."
"Well, erm... if we're both the type who tend to die, does that mean we're not dead?"
Ah. The question.
"Apparently not. It's kinda hard to tell here. Or there."
"Here? There?"
"The Discworld"
Discworld? What an odd name; Thought Shadow, It must be a world, um, shaped like a disc. I suppose? Sounds logical.
"I think we're not dead actually" continued the wizard, no tone of gladness at this deduction contained in his voice "Because well, Death* comes for wizards, personally."
Shadow thought about this for a second.
"Um? What?"
"You don't know about Death? Big skeleton guy with a black robe and a sythe. He personally escorts wizards into the next like and that hasn't happened to me."
"Oh. Well, that's... good."
*This is in fact true. It is also true that wizards can sense when they are going to die soon before, leading to, e.g. large loans or other wizards throwing 'Going Away' parties just before the time of death. By one of those interesting loops that can be found in anything complicated to do with time and seeing into the future, these are often the causes of death.
***********************************************************************
***********************************************************************
After a short while, both Shadow and Rincewind had begun to retain a slightly higher degree of control over themselves, and were both talking, the conversation quite often taking annoying dips into that subject that neither wanted to address at the moment: Where were they? in fact, just Were they? was also a slight problem.
"So, erm, what do you do?"
"Oh, I'm a wizard."
"Hence 'wizzard' being written on your hat"
"Yes. Exactly. I'm also a part-time runner away, although perhaps I have been promoted to full time and somebody forgot to tell me."
"You run away from things?"
"That's about it. You would not believe that amount of times that i've almost died."
"What a coincidence. Me too! Although I tend to run towards things..."
"Towards?"
"Yeah, it's amazing how many things, when you run towards then, get out of your way."
"Oh."
"Well, erm... if we're both the type who tend to die, does that mean we're not dead?"
Ah. The question.
"Apparently not. It's kinda hard to tell here. Or there."
"Here? There?"
"The Discworld"
Discworld? What an odd name; Thought Shadow, It must be a world, um, shaped like a disc. I suppose? Sounds logical.
"I think we're not dead actually" continued the wizard, no tone of gladness at this deduction contained in his voice "Because well, Death* comes for wizards, personally."
Shadow thought about this for a second.
"Um? What?"
"You don't know about Death? Big skeleton guy with a black robe and a sythe. He personally escorts wizards into the next like and that hasn't happened to me."
"Oh. Well, that's... good."
*This is in fact true. It is also true that wizards can sense when they are going to die soon before, leading to, e.g. large loans or other wizards throwing 'Going Away' parties just before the time of death. By one of those interesting loops that can be found in anything complicated to do with time and seeing into the future, these are often the causes of death.
***********************************************************************