“Huh…” Was all Ace could manage to say, even as he pulled the yardstick out from behind the rock again. He wasn’t entirely convinced he actually had anything to do with the yardstick appearing or disappearing. “Weird. Did I REALLY do that or is this thing just magic? Where did it even go? I know you said umm… ‘hammerspace”, but what IS that?” All the while he talked, Ace stared at the yardstick, inspecting it.
“No, you did that,” the Repairman replied, pointing at Ace. “You wanna try it with one of your things?”
He chuckled at the further confusion.
“It went to your hammersp– Think of it as the world’s most convenient pocket. Out of sight, out of mind, until you need it again.”
He paused.
“You know, come to think of it, it’s kind of hard to explain…”
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