Hurrying along the gravel path, you can't hear anything over the crunch of your own footsteps on gravel. Stopping, you hear a grumbling, gravelly voice ahead, and maybe one behind, too. The flashlight beam doesn't reach far, and the dim moonlight doesn't do much more than show vague shapes. The damp, chilly air carries a sweet scent from the flowerpots. You can see only rocks and a lighter shape, one of the marble statues. But the needle on the V.P.I. gizmo, the device that supposedly points to magical beings, swings into the yellow. There could be something ahead, but maybe it's better to check your surroundings first.
Do you:
Push forward as the detector indicates? Or
Check your surroundings first?
Do you:
Push forward as the detector indicates? Or
Check your surroundings first?