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me.  I know
that you are heading to United City to get off this planet.
 If you could somehow find someone to extract the energy from
the leaves, the littlest bit could purify the Oce."
     
    Kaj had never been so excited
before.  He could turn this war against the Oce around.
 The leaves he held in his hand could make him become a hero.
 The life that he had always wanted could finally become a
reality.
     
    "You don't have much time," the
Guardian blurted out, snapping Kaj out of a daydream.  "You
only have a few more hours until the ship leaves."  He walked
over to the lake and looked in.  "The way the water ripples
tells me how close are moon gets.  The more powerful the
ripples, the closer to dusk we get."  The Guardian examined
the water, trying hard to find the ripples.
     
    Kaj dropped his backpack on the
floor and reached into his still unzipped backpack.  He pulled
out a small purple clamshell container that seemed to have survived
in his backpack after everything was dumped out.  Flipping it
open, he gently placed the leaves in before sealing it tightly.
 He placed it back in his backpack and zipped it up
firmly.
     
    As he stood up, he looked around,
watching the strange creatures fly around.  He saw what
appeared to be insects, but instead of them being their almost
microscopic size, they were about the same size as Kaj
was.
     
    Kaj went over to the Guardian as
he was concentrating on the ripples in the water.  He was very
thirsty.  "Do you mind if I have some ..."
     
    "Shhh.  I suggest you go
now," the Guardian said.  "You can take my pet here.  He
will bring you to the other side of the forest but will go no
further."
     
    Kaj walked over to the cat-like
creature, who was still lying down.  The Guardian snapped his
fingers and the creature instantly rose.  Kaj climbed around
on it, holding on to the back of the creature's neck.  As soon
as he was secured on, the creature ran off towards the other end of
the forest.  It took a matter of minutes for the creature to
get Kaj across the forest.  The creature jumped through a bush
and landed back on the familiar sandy terrain.  He laid down
to signal that he would take him no further.  Kaj hopped off
the creature, burying his feet in the sand when he got
off.
     
    "Thank you," Kaj said.  The
creature rose and Kaj gave it a gentle pat on the head.  It
let out a roar like it did before then traveled back into the
forest.
     
    Kaj turned to face the desert
wasteland again.  He had nowhere to go but forward.
     
    An hour or so passed and Kaj was
getting dehydrated.  He started slumping around in the sand.
 A few times he went to check his backpack, only to realize
that all his stuff was dumped before.
     
    In the distance, Kaj could see
what appeared to be a lake.  The glistening water from the
lake made Kaj lick his lips.   Finally, some water to drink , he
thought.  He sluggishly made his way over to the supposed lake
that he saw.  Kaj took a swipe at the water.  His hand
remained dry.
     
    "Huh," Kaj said.  He tried it
again.  Still, the water hadn't attached itself to Kaj's hand.
 He was baffled as to why this outcome kept occurring.
 The water moved when his hand was in the lake, but somehow,
no water appeared on his hand.
     
    Kaj slipped off both of his clunky
sandals before lying down on the sand.  He slowly moved
forward until both his feet were in the water.  As weird as it
was, Kaj didn't feel the water hit his feet.  No cool
sensation.  Even when he moved his feet around in the water,
it felt as though he was just kicking his legs around in the
air.
     
    As Kaj started sliding back,
pulling his feet out of the water, he felt something wrap around
his right foot.  Kaj halted for a second before tugging his
right leg to move up.  It wouldn't budge.  He grabbed his
right leg with both hands before giving it another forceful tug.
 Nothing.
     
    Whatever was wrapped around Kaj's
foot decided to return a forceful tug,