“Mighty dragon,” Faith asked, “why are you crying?”

“I am crying,” Skull said, “because you are the first living creatures I have seen in all my years in the maze. You are brave to come, if truth be told, to face the mage who has trapped me thus.”

“Trapped you?” echoed the volunteers in unison. “What mage?”

“I am speaking of the one and only Mage of Antibion. All those living in your kingdom think a mage is a person of learning. That’s true enough. But some mages learn and use what is mean and hateful. Such is the Mage of Antibion.”

The characters discuss a plan to deal with their problem. Faith spoke: “I have a grand solution, one that will help us both. You are in need of help to escape the maze, and we are in need of just one tooth—one tooth of yours.”