Bozon's time in the Sideways ended suddenly, and he found himself completely in the regular world.

Tine, Jen and King Samhradh all wanted to return to when they left, so the White Wizard opened a Portal and they all entered with Bozon. The opening to the Portalspace closed behind them, and a new opening appeared in front of them. They tumbled out into King Samhradh's courtroom.

King Samhradh called for servants to help as they cleaned themselves up. Samhradh said to Bozon, "Thank you for protecting these two. You are quite noble."

Jen hugged Bozon and Tine and then ran home to her parents. Tine and his father caught each other up on everything that had happened. Samhradh apologized for letting Tine get into that situation, explaining that they had been followed by the Summer Knight the whole time, who was keeping them safe as much as he could.

Over the next weeks, a new Summer Knight was appointed from the many Elf guards - there is only one Summer Knight at a time, things in the court returned to normal, Jen and Tine continued to hang out and go to classes, and Bozon was included in all of their games.

King Samhradh decided to send a delegation to King Joe's empire, since their king and emperor would no longer be returning, and to establish trade routes. Tine wanted to join this delegation, but he valued Bozon's perspective, so he asked Bozon if he thought they should go or stay behind.

Bozon studied hard, trying to pick up what elf court customs and etiquette were, along with more of what they did (and didn't) find funny. He enjoyed the games with the children, and tried to subtly work in ways to help them (well, help Tine, as Jen was already a bookworm) with schoolwork.

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When Tine asked Bozon about the delegation, the big clown was puzzling over a prop (from his carpetbag) that he'd taken apart, trying to figure out how it worked to begin with. He paid attention, listening, and ran his fingers over his beard thoughtfully as he considered it. While personally, he didn't much want to go back to that place, it would be a good learning experience for Tine he realized. Education in diplomacy, negotiations, and economics all seemed likely as he saw it. Additionally, the people of that empire might need proof that King Joe would not be back, which they both had in their memories from that encounter and how it ended.

It did not take long to decide, and he pantomimed packing up and pretending to leave with an exaggerated walk. Then looked back at Tine to see the young prince's reaction.

His advice? Let's go.