You mean to say… Oliver began, his voice a stunned whisper.

Ralph interrupted. Yes. Im taking you to the School for Seers. You are a Seer, arent you? Untrained and in need of study?

Oliver paced away, shaking his head with disbelief. This was what Armando had been keeping from him! This school in the past that he was supposed to attend!

But then he remembered how Armando had told him he was the only living Seer in the world. Confused, he turned back to Ralph.

Are you a Seer too?

Ralph grinned. Yup.

But how? Oliver asked. I was told I was the only one in the world.

Ralph began to chuckle. A trick of semantics, he said. Whoever told you that had a bit of a sense of humor.

Oliver frowned. There wasnt anything funny about any of this as far as he was concerned.

Please, he said to Ralph. Ive gone through a lot and my mind is jumbled. Can you please just explain things to me in a way I can understand?

Ralph took him by the shoulders. Im taking you to the School for Seers so you can train and learn to hone your powers. All the Seers from all the different dimensions come here to learn. So yes, you may have been the only Seer in your world, but there are many, many more of us, all from different timelines and parallel worlds. We all come here, to this exact time and place at some point in our lives, because its the only one where the School for Seers exists.

Oliver felt like hed been winded. It took all his effort just to suck air into his lungs. Any second now, he felt like he might faint from shock. This was all too much to take in. If it hadnt been for Ralphs steady hand on his shoulder, he might just have fallen to his knees.

Breathing deeply, he gazed up into Ralphs trusting green eyes.

And youre telling the truth? Oliver challenged. It was as if part of his mind just couldnt accept or believe this could be real. There really are more Seers? A whole school of students?

If the boy was telling the truth then he wasnt the only Seer alive. There were more like him. He wasnt a weird loner freak.

Theres plenty more where I came from, Ralph said with a nod. Well, not where but when. You know what I mean.

Oliver didnt, not fully, but it was starting to sink in. And the more it did, the crazier it seemed.

He paced away from Ralph, running his trembling fingers through his sandy blond hair, and muttered aloud, A school that trains Seers? In a precise moment in time and space? He looked back at Ralph. And you were told to come and collect me, from this exact point in time?