New Music (Bowerbird+): Side Quest 1-3: As Big As The World Gets
This song/story takes place between A Warrior, Slain and Secret Passage, from Patron Quest: The Search For The Mystic Fountain. This track is available to Bowerbird, Shoebill, and The Superb Lyrebird tier first (eventually to all patrons, then the world).
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Further into the mountains, between two mighty peaks, they stop to rest, eat and ponder. Stricken with grief over the loss of Barry, Dan's mind races with what he could have done to prevent this tragedy. In the increasingly cold serenity and remaining greenness of the mountain pass, he mutters an incantation and calls forth a Great Wolf Spirit.
With a gaze that seems to stare right through his soul, the spirit silently asks Dan to step forward. Dan moves toward the great phantasm and bows, "Please, Spirit, lend me your wisdom. With our leader gone, how can we go on? What can we do? There must be some spell I can learn or potion I can use to bring him back!"
With a voice that seems to come both from everywhere and from within Dan's own head, the spirit responds, "All things have happened and nothing has happened. Behold the valley as you climb the mountain. Behold the stars as you reach the peak. This is as big as the world gets."
Just as Dan proceeded to ask for clarification on these cryptic words, the Great Wolf seemed to show a sly smile, then vanished into the mountain mist.