Herald had heard rumors, everyone had heard them. They said there was a world full of animals. Not just rats and squirrels, such as they carefully cultivated at Yahweh's Mammalry Business College. Alberto Barcena Lopez, Herald's roommate, knew all about it.
"They've got owls, wolves, bobcats. I mean, they've got stuff we've never even heard of before." Alberto and Herald were having lunch on the school grounds. They'd just spent the morning with the other students, caring for a rescued mouse and her newborn brood.
"They got weasels?" asked Herald. He held Alberto in high esteem. He was a driver from the south, licensed.
"Forget weasels, man, they've got golden eagles and bears!" These were animals that the two young men had only heard of, having gone long extinct in their world.
"And not only that. I know of a way in." Alberto assumed a dreamy look, gazing out over the fields. His blue eyes were exactly the color of the faded blue sky. He smiled slightly and turned to Herald. "You ever heard of the golden circlet?"
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