Chapter 176: Wisdom's Folly, Part 2

Note: Previous chapter edited. Nothing big. Just grammar fixes.

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Seconds trickled by while I waited for the emerald light to subside—a flash so bright that I could see it through closed eyelids. When the light finally vanished, I heard Liara call out to me, and she sounded more cheerful than I'd ever heard before. 

"You did it, Wisdom!" the she-elf yelled in such an enthusiastic way that I almost mistook her for Dess. 

I opened my eyes just in time for Liara to tackle me in an embrace that sent us both crashing into the ground. 

Yeah, I know, this whole hugging thing was starting to become a habit between us. I wasn't going to complain about it though. The cave-boy in me would riot if I did. 

"You're a genius," Liara whispered as she raised her head just enough so that our noses were almost touching. "Crazy, but genius."