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366 Days, 366 Paragraphs: #171
Ala smiled and took a swig from the ale bottle before passing it to Bevan. “What do you suppose that was all about? Just some kid daydreaming or what?“
Bevan took a long drink before answering. “I don’t think so. He has something on his mind and he’s almost decided to hit the Road to go find that great thing he mentioned. I wonder what it could be?”
“Who knows?, “ Ala said with a shrug. “Kids think all sorts of…Oh no…no no no! Do you think it might be something to do with the crystals the Museum telling everyone about? I mean, if it is, why not just go to the Curator here in town and tell him, then collect the reward once the Museum finds it?”
This was something Bevan had not considered, but it would be exactly the sort of thing that a 10 year old boy would think of as an adventure, especially if he had no great love for the Museum, which most people didn’t. And hadn’t Dree’s mother mentioned him having a good Roadie friend who had recently left town? Had the Roadie boy perhaps learned of the whereabouts of a crystal?