Solo Flight: A Comedy of Errors

Previously

…He blinked, and it was gone, or perhaps it had never been there at all. The dust motes danced in the sunlight, and the cacophony of the marketplace washed over him. His quest for a magical potion had led him to a bizarre encounter, a lesson in skepticism, and a small, humble pot of balm. But as his uncle tugged him along, Cabdi Jabar couldn’t shake the feeling that the Potion Peddler, in his own peculiar way, had given him something far more valuable than any elixir. He had given him a moment of wonder, a touch of the absurd, and a seed of doubt that perhaps, just perhaps, the ‘cure’ his mother needed wasn't to be found in a bottle at all.