The Sorcerer's Apprentice Page #4

We will the vibrations to go faster.

Step one, clear your mind.

Step two, see the molecules.

Step three, make them shake.

- Got it?

- No! I definitely don't "got it."

Trust the ring, Dave.

And keep it subtle.

Civilians mustn't know magic exists.

That would be complicated.

Says the guy in the 350-year-old

rawhide trench coat.

I threw it in the street.

It's been a long time.

I don't actually know where it is.

I threw it in the street.

Don't go in there!

Ew! He peed his pants!

The store's on fire! Don't go in!

Those guys are...

It's just water! There was a fire!

I threw it in the street.

But where?

Get out of the way, freak!

I need to pull in there!

Are you addressing me?

Hey, don't mess with me.

Where was I?

Chinatown.

This is it. I'll get the Grimhold.

Keep an eye out for Horvath.

Hi.

Can I help you?

Do you have an appointment?

I'm sorry to trouble you.

I'm looking for a...

Well, it's rather strange.

It's a nesting doll. It's about this big.

Angry-looking Chinese gentleman

on the front.

- Nesting doll?

- Yes.

It's possible. I collect so many objects.

Ah!

You speak Mandarin.

Ah.

That was Cantonese, Horvath.

The Grimhold. Where is it?

An old associate of mine

speaks impeccable Cantonese.

He lived about 200 years ago.

Know him? Sun Lok.

Of course you do.

You locked him inside the Grimhold.

Whoops.

Opened it.

Whoa!

Are you all right?

Looks like...

What the...

Yay!

I'm like one of them.

Dave?

You should run.

Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry.

Be still.

Balthazar!

Oh, God. Come on.

You skipped the first step!

- Clear your mind!

- Skipped the first step.

Clear my mind? Are you insane?

Little bit.

Oh, man.

This is it.

Clear your mind. Believe.

Yeah!

Go Team Magical Stuff!

Did you see that?

Did you see what I just did?

I did it.

It can't be.

Unbelievable.

Hey, what do you got?

Did you see what happened here?

You know what? Bottle rocket meets

paper dragon in this Asian festival.

Lit it up like a birthday cake.

We got swamped with calls

saying there was a real dragon.

Between you and me, Cap,

I think some of these folks

were hitting the sake pretty hard.

Sake's Japanese, actually.

Carry on.

- "Sake's Japanese"?

- Well, it is.

- I was in character.

- Oh, right.

You may now return the ring to me.

I'm a man of my word.

You helped me, we're done.

Right. Right.

I'd like to learn some more.

We'll need a place to work.

Somewhere under Horvath's radar.

I think I can help with that.

This was originally

a subway turnaround.

They let me work down here

because some of my experiments

skew a bit dangerous.

Oh, my professor has a hookup,

so nobody knows we're down here.

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