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    “Let’s not celebrate quite yet,” Alexander said in a bemused tone.  “We don’t know how we’re going to open that.”  He nodded at the thick door.
    “It shouldn’t be that hard, should it?” Laura asked, coming up to the door.  “We just pull—”
    “Stop!” Logan commanded gravely.  Laura froze. 
    “What is it?” she asked.
    “I recognize the symbols.  It’s angelic script.  And I think… I think it’s a warning.  Alexander, will you look at this?”
    Laura stepped aside as Alexander and Logan moved closer.  Carefully, Logan traced his fingers along the shape of the doorframe.  “Right here,” he said, tapping his fingers against a particular inscription.  “I don’t know exactly what it means, but I think it signifies danger.”
    “I believe you’re right,” Alexander said slowly, once he’d had a chance to examine the marking.  “It’s a warning against opening the vault.”
    “But we have to go inside,” Laura said.  “We need to get the torrial in there.”
    Alexander turned around.  “Are you sure? Perhaps just knowing where this is will be enough.  We can meet the angels here in the dream realm.”
    “And then what?” Laura asked.  “We need access to the torrial , both out here and in the dream realm.”
    “But, the warning,” Logan began.
    “Of course there’s going to be a warning,” Laura cut in over him.  “The torrial were sealed away because of their danger, remember?  We need them, though.  Do you think if the elders had access to them, they would shy away at the last moment?”
    “Absolutely not,” Logan said.  “But that doesn’t mean we have to rush head-first into it.  We don’t know what’s inside.”
    “ Torrial are inside,” Laura said.  “Step aside.  If you two aren’t going to do it, I will.”
    She pushed through Logan and Alexander and placed her hands on the handle.  She knew she was being rash, but it was beyond time to get to the torrial .  They did not have forever.  She lifted the handle, and pulled.
    Nothing happened.
    She tried again, summoning all her strength.  The door remained in place.
    “It’s locked,” Alexander said coyly, “but I do not see a keyhole anywhere.”
    “How is that possible?” Laura asked.
    Alexander came over to examine the handle.  “You’re sure you want to open it right now?”
    “Yes!” Laura said.
    “Fine.  Let me try.”  Laura moved away to give Alexander space.  He lifted the handle much as she had done, and tried to pull it.  Again, brute force did not budge the door.  He knelt down, looking at the handle carefully.  He tried twisting it side to side, and moving it up and down, but there was no mechanism that Laura could see to make the door open.  Alexander tried pulling again, all to the same result.
    “Strength is not the answer here,” he said finally.  “I believe the door has been locked from the inside.”
    “From the inside?” Laura exclaimed.  “How?  Why?”
    “Most likely,” Logan said, “to keep everyone out.”
    “But there must be a way to open it, right?” Laura asked.  “I mean, why would they put the door onto it in the first place, otherwise?  Alexander, do you think we can access the lock somehow?”
    He shook his head.  “Only from within.”
    “Then what do we do?”
    “I don’t know,” Logan said.
    “We can’t just come so close and then leave!” Laura exclaimed.  Pushing by Logan and Alexander, she tried the handle again.  But no matter how hard she pulled, the door would not budge.  Logan tried after her, and then Alexander went again.  No matter what they did, though, they could not pull it open.
    They sat back, exhausted by their efforts.  Nothing they tried managed to move the door in any way.  The vault stood there, mocking them.  Laura did not think it was fair.  They were Vassiz , possessing supernatural strength.  If the door was locked, they should have been able to force it open