If Hogg thought he was going to get to see what was inside the castle, he was disappointed. Instead, the illusion shifted and truly gargantuan tent walls seemed to grow out of the distant mountains and cover the entire world. All sorts of people and animals appeared. Herds of horses rode in rings, elephants stood on their hind legs, dragons climbed on themselves to form pyramids, and one truly massive mile-long dragon lazily let out a steady gout of flame that trapeze artists threw themselves through.That was all window dressing and Hogg barely gave it a second glance, except to note that Keetes must not mind that they knew there were [Illusionists] here. Their enemy probably figured that if Hogg hadn't thrown down an Eveladis already, he didn't mean to. He was right on that count.The castle wall had transformed into a wooden ring separating the outside from the inside, and a cadre of circus performers stood inside waiting for them. Hogg would bet that these ones were more real.The one illusion outside the ring that Hogg did pay attention to was a juggler, practically as tall as a mountain. He wore colorful clothes and face-paint and looked like could squish Hogg's entire group at any moment if he stepped wrong as he danced around. He dropped one of his balls, and Hogg, Odessa, Jeeves, and Bedelia dashed inside the open doorway to avoid it.He noticed with [Shadow Sight] that something actually did land right where the illusionary ball had fallen. It felt like stone, maybe from a catapult.He'd long since noticed that high-level [Illusionists] liked to couch their illusions on top of something real. He'd always done it, too. For some reason, it was more effective to put a giant bear on top of himself and fight with his shortswords than it would be to use the bear as a distraction and strike from behind. He'd always given tactical reasons for that, but Brin's book made him think it was the Wyrd. When you made people know that your (...)