“Would you look at that?” Tanda said, pointing.
I saw instantly what she was talking about. The map had changed. I studied what was there now, comparing it to what had been there before. Now the lines from Vortex #1 were different, and the points at the end of each were labeled. And the upper corner of the map had Deva listed, with a direct line from Deva to Vortex #1.
“Amazing,” Aahz said, his voice just a whisper. “A true treasure map.”
“How did it do that?” I asked. Aahz laughed.
“Just as everything is done,” he said. “Magik.”
“It’s a magik map, a true treasure map of the dimensions,” Tanda said. “I’ve only heard of such things.”
She reached over and gave me a big hug, something I was more than willing to continue as long as she wanted it to. Finally, far too quickly, she let go and looked at me. “This was a great purchase on your part.” I shrugged. “Not unless it leads somewhere.”
“True,” Aahz said, not looking up from the map. I went back to studying the map as well. As far as I was concerned, it was just lines and points and a few names. I couldn’t use it to find my way back to where we had appeared here on Vortex #1, let alone to jump dimensions. “So the map changes. What does that mean?” Tanda pointed at the point labeled Vortex #1. “Thanks to the Shifter, we’re here. From this point we have five choices of dimension jumps.”
She pointed to the five names the lines lead to from this place. “The one called Bumppp looks the most promising.” Aahz nodded. “And the straightest line through the map as well.”