"It's like a prize. A grave for the winner." I shivered. That wasn't a prize I would like to win. The grave, the coming back, being a dead Sorceress. None of it. But I'd come close to winning it all. I wrapped my arms around myself to keep more shivers away.

A spider scuttled out from under his sleeve, then disappeared under his shoe, but he didn't seem to notice. "Do you believe everything I've just told you?"

What he said was completely insane, but I'd seen enough ...