Bracken the riddle-solver

  "Consider two sisters," the sphinx intoned in a sultry voice. Audible to the ears, the words also penetrated directly to the mind. Though she spoke in a subdued manner, each word somehow arrived with the force of a shout. "The first is born of the second, whereupon the second is born of the first. "

  Bracken glanced at Kendra and Warren. Kendra had no idea.

  "The sisters born of each other are day and night," Bracken replied.

  The sphinx gave a sage nod. "I surround the world, yet I dwell within a thimble. I am outside of--"

  "You are space," Bracken interrupted.

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