Verbius snapped his stick-figure fingers. A giant screen appeared with the word .
“Welcome to the Conjugation Coliseum,” said the V. “I am Verbius. To return home, you must correctly conjugate any three of the 501 verbs in all their forms—past, present, future, perfect, progressive, and perfect progressive.” 501 English Verbs.pdf
Mariana froze. Her cursor moved on its own. The file expanded, swallowing her desktop icons one by one. Suddenly, her room dissolved. She was standing in a gray, infinite void—and in front of her stood a stern-looking, animated letter with tiny feet. Verbius snapped his stick-figure fingers
She closed the laptop, looked at Mittens, and whispered: “I will have been studying. You hear that, cat? Will have been studying. ” “I am Verbius
Verbius raised a tiny hand. “Enough. You have passed.”