"Professor," he mused with an indulgent smile. "I like that. This way." He led her toward the portal into the Dreaming, and then toward the three gates. "There are three gates here which apparently gift a boon to those who enter them," he explained as he walked. "But only once."

They came to the portals and Solomon nodded to the magic-gate. "I've been through that one." He smiled at Hayley, almost innocently but with a gleam of challenge in his eyes. "Would you like to see where one of the others leads?"