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Given the proper leverage at the proper point, any sentient awareness
- from an ancient Human mystic
"Unless she e, it&039;s only a matter of time until she overruns us," Broey said
He sat in his aerie co on the Council Hills The rooleabout fifteenout on sunset through the river&039;s canyon walls A small table with a communicator stood just to his left Four of his commanders waited near the table Maps, position boards, and the other appurtenances of command, with their attendants, occupiedspace
Broey&039;s intelligence service had just brought him the report that Jedrik had taken Gar and Tria captive
One of his commanders, slender for a Gowachin and with other deprivation lanced at his three companions, cleared his throat
"Is it tiesture of negation
It&039;s tiht
He felt e in his world obeyed the old mandates
We&039;ve been tricked
The Powers of the God Wall had tricked him, had tricked his world and all of its inhabitants They&039;d
"This McKie," the commander said
Broey sed, then:
"I doubt if McKie has even the faintest understanding of how she uses hilanced at the reports on his communicator table, a stack of reports about McKie Broey&039;s intelligence service had been active
"If we captured or killed him" the commander ventured
"Too late for that," Broey said
"Is there a chance on&039;t have to capitulate?"
"There&039;s always that chance"
None of the four coreen, spoke up:
"If we have to capitulate, hoe know the"
"We must never capitulate, and we must make certain she knows this," Broey said "She means to exterminate us"
There! He&039;d told the to understand where his reasoning had led hi come over their faces
"The corridor" one of them ventured
Broey merely stared at hiet more than a fraction of their forces onto the Rim before Jedrik and Tria closed off that avenue And even if they could escape to the Rim, what could they do? They hadn&039;t the faintest idea of where the damned factories and food stores were buried
"If we could rescue Tria," the slim commander said