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laughing. The sound tickled him, and he found himself joining in a moment later.
"Weren't you listening?" the squirrel asked as it picked a nut off the ground. His teeth cracked the shell and he shoved a piece into his mouth. "Odin submits to no one save Odin."
"It sure seemed like he was submitting to me."
"Idun thinks that too, but I've been watching their meetings as long as they've been having them. Trust me. Odin is working his own plan."
"You've been watching them?"
"Yes."
"Did you see the ones who took Andromeda?"
"Yes, I saw them. They passed me when I was coming back out of the cave."
"What cave?"
"I'll show you."
The squirrel darted across the ground, and Henry rushed to follow. Once, he tripped over a root, but the squirrel stopped, jumping around as if impatient for Henry to get up. He scrambled to his feet and chased the rodent. A minute later, they came to a tunnel in the ground. A thick root extended into it and followed it for long as Henry could see, no doubt terminating in another world.
"You're sure they went down there?"
"Of course. I told you, they walked passed me, and I go down that tunnel every day. I know how to find it."
"Is there anything dangerous in there?"
"I told you, I go down it every day."
"I mean something more dangerous than you."
The squirrel laid its head against the ground and looked up at him. "I'm not really that dangerous. Besides, I wasn't talking about..." It raised its head, and its tiny eyes went wide. "You don't know who I am, do you?"
"No, should I?"
The squirrel stood on two legs and puffed out its chest. It managed to look slightly offended, and it was all Henry could do to hold in his laughter.
"I should say so. I'm Ratatoskr."
Henry stared at him and pursed his lips. Ratatoskr scurried up a low hanging branch and ran along the limbs until he stood right above Henry. He chittered angrily.
"Don't you talking humans know anything? Every day, I carry insults between the eagle that lives at the top of the tree and the dragon that lives at its roots."
Henry stared at the rodent for several seconds.
"The dragon," he said flatly. "You mean after everything, I still have to fight the dragon."
"You can't cross Bifrost. Even if you could, you'd have to go through Asgard to get to Midgard. I really don't think you want to go to the home of the gods, and I only know one other way to get to Midgard. That's where they took her."
"What about the valley? The one that Thor crosses?"
"The valley leads from here to Asgard and from Asgard to Midgard. You'll not find Asgard's borders unguarded in the middle of a war."
Henry considered for a second, but there wasn't really a choice. Andromeda had done it for him. She'd drunk from the Well of Mimir because he hadn't been able to. Whatever price the Oracle had demanded of her had to be at least as much as it had asked of him, but she'd drank, and now she'd been taken. If the only way to get her back was to fight a dragon, that's what he would do.
"Alright," he said. "Let's go."
CHAPTER 14
U nlike the tunnel containing Mimir's well, the heat here pressed against him, and he was aware of it even through the
"Weren't you listening?" the squirrel asked as it picked a nut off the ground. His teeth cracked the shell and he shoved a piece into his mouth. "Odin submits to no one save Odin."
"It sure seemed like he was submitting to me."
"Idun thinks that too, but I've been watching their meetings as long as they've been having them. Trust me. Odin is working his own plan."
"You've been watching them?"
"Yes."
"Did you see the ones who took Andromeda?"
"Yes, I saw them. They passed me when I was coming back out of the cave."
"What cave?"
"I'll show you."
The squirrel darted across the ground, and Henry rushed to follow. Once, he tripped over a root, but the squirrel stopped, jumping around as if impatient for Henry to get up. He scrambled to his feet and chased the rodent. A minute later, they came to a tunnel in the ground. A thick root extended into it and followed it for long as Henry could see, no doubt terminating in another world.
"You're sure they went down there?"
"Of course. I told you, they walked passed me, and I go down that tunnel every day. I know how to find it."
"Is there anything dangerous in there?"
"I told you, I go down it every day."
"I mean something more dangerous than you."
The squirrel laid its head against the ground and looked up at him. "I'm not really that dangerous. Besides, I wasn't talking about..." It raised its head, and its tiny eyes went wide. "You don't know who I am, do you?"
"No, should I?"
The squirrel stood on two legs and puffed out its chest. It managed to look slightly offended, and it was all Henry could do to hold in his laughter.
"I should say so. I'm Ratatoskr."
Henry stared at him and pursed his lips. Ratatoskr scurried up a low hanging branch and ran along the limbs until he stood right above Henry. He chittered angrily.
"Don't you talking humans know anything? Every day, I carry insults between the eagle that lives at the top of the tree and the dragon that lives at its roots."
Henry stared at the rodent for several seconds.
"The dragon," he said flatly. "You mean after everything, I still have to fight the dragon."
"You can't cross Bifrost. Even if you could, you'd have to go through Asgard to get to Midgard. I really don't think you want to go to the home of the gods, and I only know one other way to get to Midgard. That's where they took her."
"What about the valley? The one that Thor crosses?"
"The valley leads from here to Asgard and from Asgard to Midgard. You'll not find Asgard's borders unguarded in the middle of a war."
Henry considered for a second, but there wasn't really a choice. Andromeda had done it for him. She'd drunk from the Well of Mimir because he hadn't been able to. Whatever price the Oracle had demanded of her had to be at least as much as it had asked of him, but she'd drank, and now she'd been taken. If the only way to get her back was to fight a dragon, that's what he would do.
"Alright," he said. "Let's go."
CHAPTER 14
U nlike the tunnel containing Mimir's well, the heat here pressed against him, and he was aware of it even through the
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