Chapter 8, Green Mother Summary

Mortis has a message for Zane, so Zane turns him into a horse and uses his translator to communicate. Nature, the Green Mother, wants to talk to Zane after he picks up his next soul. Mortis advises bringing Luna along, and Zane takes her to his next appointment, at a dance hall. Zane and Luna arrive early, and they watch the dancers. Two men come up to them and ask Luna if she can dance. She says that she can, but they're looking for someone who cannot. The two men seem to have some kind of bet. Luna, they say, can be the judge. They find a man who cannot play guitar and a woman who cannot dance, and they give them a magic guitar and magic shoes.

The man begins to play beautifully, and the woman begins to...