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In the nas to the sacred congregation of people who are subject to ion which we mutually espouse shall always preserve their freedom under my auspices; secondly, that I will temper every form of rapacity and inequity which may inflict itself upon us all; and thirdly, that I will coracious Lord nition

- The Oath of Power, Dosadi Sacred Congregation papers

Broey arose froroped behind him for the chair, and sank into it Enclosed darkness surrounded him The room was a shielded bubble attached to the bottom of his Graluz Around the room’s thick walls was the ater which protected his fes Access to the bubble was through a floor hatch and a twisting flooded passage from the Graluz Pressure in the bubble excluded the water, but the space around Broey sly of the Graluz This helped reinforce the mood he now required

Presently, the God spoke to him Elation filled Broey God spoke to him, only to him Words hissed within his head Scenes ied themselves upon his vision centers

Yes! Yes! I keep the DemoPol!

God was reassured and reflected that reassurance

Today, God showed him a ritual Broey had never seen before The ritual was only for Gowachin The ritual was called Laupuk Broey saw the ritual in all of its gory details, felt the rightness of it as though his very cells accepted it

Responsibility, expiation - these were the lessons of Laupuk God approved when Broey expressed understanding

They comhts, but there were other thoughts which God could not perceive Just as God no doubt held thoughts which were not communicated to Broey God used people, people used God Divine intervention with cynical overtones Broey had learned the Elector’s role through a long and painful apprenticeship

I am your servant, God

As God admonished, Broey kept the secret of his private communion It suited his purpose to obey, as it obviously suited God’s purpose There were tih, when Broey wanted to shout it:

"You fools! I speak with the voice of God!"

Other Electors had made that mistake They’d soon fallen fro on several lifetimes of assembled experiences, knew he must keep this power if he ever were to escape fro (and therefore God’s) without divine admonition All ell One presented a selection of thoughts to Godbeing careful alhere and when one reviewed private thoughts There were times when Broey felt God within him when there’d been no prayer, no preparations here in the blackness of this bubble rooht peer out of Broey’s eyes at any ti His world and its works through uard My servant well"

The warh Broey then was like the war to his mother’s back It was a warmth and sense of safety which Broey tempered with a deep awareness of that other Graluz ti through the water, devouring those tads not swift enough, alert enough to escape

I was one of the swift

Meht Broey how to behave with God

In his bubble room’s darkness, Broey shuddered Yes, the ways of God were cruel Thus armed, a servant of God could be equally cruel, could surmount the fact that he knehat it was to be both Human and Gowachin He need only be the pure servant of God This thought he shared

Beware, McKie God has told me whence you come I know your intentions Hold fast to the narrow path, McKie You risk my displeasure