This Was Our Pact: Chapters 5–8

by Ryan Andrews
On the night of the Autumn Equinox Festival, Ben and Nathaniel find themselves caught up in an adventure involving a talking bear, a helpful crow, and a cranky witch.

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  1. musty
    covered with or smelling of mold
    The Musty Cellar
  2. archaeology
    the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people
    BEN! She's got books on every field of science you can imagine! Bioengineering, avian evolution...SPACE ARCHAEOLOGY!!!
  3. plummet
    drop sharply
    Unless you want to jump out those windows up there and plummet to your death.
  4. vital
    urgently needed; absolutely necessary
    It appears that my FAITHFUL assistant neglected the most VITAL part of this potion.
  5. invert
    turn inside out or upside down
    Want to walk on water? Invert gravity? Increase your size and strength by a factor of TEN?
  6. trivial
    of little substance or significance
    But to do something on THIS grand of a scale, such TRIVIAL ingredients will never do! No. For THIS, I need the light of a STAR!
  7. cosmos
    the universe considered as a whole
    After all, I can't just fly off into the cosmos on a rocket and collect bits of starlight in a bucket, now can I?
  8. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
    As I was saying, decades ago, I cultivated a star farm in a cave, just west of us and down below all of this fog.
  9. exert
    put to use
    And even THEN! The gravitational forces it would exert on the Earth would tear the planet to pieces!
  10. daft
    foolish or mentally irregular
    Don't be DAFT! They aren't REAL stars!
  11. truce
    a state of peace agreed to between opponents
    I think we should call a truce.
  12. commemorate
    mark by some ceremony or observation
    In order to commemorate the truce...I picked out the best one for you. It's a good color, don't you think?
  13. tarp
    a sheet of waterproofed canvas
    If you get the cable unhooked, I'll shove the bikes under this tarp.
  14. port
    left side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow
    You mean you'll take PORT and I'll get STARBOARD.
  15. starboard
    right side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow
    You mean you'll take PORT and I'll get STARBOARD.
  16. eon
    the longest unit of geological time
    Maybe it's lived in here for eons.
  17. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
    Did my ancestors send you to rescue me from this most unfortunate predicament?
  18. draft
    a current of air
    There was a draft coming from it, so I figured that it MUST open up somewhere, and if luck was on my side, the opening would be near the river.
  19. pleasantry
    an agreeable or amusing remark
    Now that the pleasantries are out of the way, something must be said.
  20. silhouette
    an outline of a solid object as cast by its shadow
    I think I can make out your silhouette. It must be getting brighter in here.
  21. constellation
    a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
    It's got every constellation that's viewable in the September sky from the northern hemisphere.
  22. provision
    a store or supply of something
    The Honey Maker's Provision
  23. frigid
    extremely cold
    HOLY HONEY POTS THIS WATER IS FRIGID!
  24. intergalactic
    existing or occuring between collections of star systems
    Don't you wish someone would hurry up and discover some intergalactic wormhole so we could come visit?
  25. elated
    full of high-spirited delight
    I must say, I'm elated to see you FINALLY decided to take off those dreadful bear masks.
  26. eclipse
    the phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
    It's a lunar eclipse! The potion must have moved the moon into the Earth's shadow.
  27. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
    Try looking at the horizon!
  28. instinct
    inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to stimuli
    How did you know EXACTLY what to do?!
    INSTINCT! I AM a bear, after all.
  29. impeccable
    without error or flaw
    What IMPECCABLE timing!
  30. fare
    the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
    Are you two SURE you won't allow me to pay your return fare?
Created on Wed Jan 22 16:49:59 EST 2020 (updated Wed Jan 22 16:55:19 EST 2020)

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