Thief of Time - Levitate

He extended his hands, and let himself rise gently in the air.

'I thought we said no tricks?' said Lu-Tze.

'Yes, Sweeper,' said Lobsang, poised in mid-air. 'And then I thought: never forget Rule One.'

'Aha! Well done. You've learned something!'

Lobsang drifted closer. 'You cannot believe the things that I have seen since last I saw you,' he said. 'Words cannot describe them. I have seen worlds nesting within worlds, like those dolls they carve in Uberwald. I have heard the music of the years. I know more than I can ever understand. But I do not know the Fifth Surprise. It is a trick, a conundrum... a test.'

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The Thief of Time - p349