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There is fear in the infinite, in the unlimited chaos of the unstructured But this boundless "place" is the never-ending resource of that which you call talent, that ability which peels away the fear, exposing its structure and for you are feared And it is wise to fear the unknown, but only until you see the new-found fearlessness which identity beautifies
- Kerro Panille, Translations froe of ti and stared up at the three htht which threw grotesque shadows on the doomed men, the sense of latent violence in every movement around her
I’m an observer, observer, observe
Her chest hurt when she breathed and she could s from Yaisuah’s nailed feet
I could save hi half-step forward
Don’t interfere Ship’s command stopped her It was not in her to disobey that co
But he’ll die there and he’s just like me!
He is not just like you
But he’
No, Ekel When the tio back just as you will go back But you two are profoundly different
Who is he?
He is Yaisuah, the man who speaks to God
But h Ithis to him? What did he do?
He reported his conversations Now, they try to move God in this way Observe This is not the way
God? But God is Ship and Ship is God
And the infinite is infinite
Why won’t you let me save him?
You could not save him
I could try
You would only inflict pain on that old flesh which you have borrowed That flesh has enough pains Why would you want to make it suffer ht be another consciousness waiting soht of it that way The idea made her intensely aware of responsibility toward the body She forced her attention away fro feet and palainst their restraints Hali saw the cruel reason behind this torture then In time, they would smother Their chest muscles would fail and respiration would stop The ropedfor leverage, seeking another few blinks of life
One of the arhed "Look at the thieves squirm!"
So to steal a little more time!"
One of the roped roaned: "You’d hang your own asped for another breath, and Hali saw the effort of it in his chest muscles As he exhaled, he moved his head feebly toward Yaisuah "This a"
The ar his spear butt and sed and writhed in a final rattling agony As he did this, Yaisuah stirred and turned toward hio home with me," Yaisuah said
It was said in a low tone, but most of the crowd heard him The words were repeated for some few on the outskirts who had hed, said: "Bullshit!" He swung his spear butt once more and broke the other thief’s knees This asps
Yaisuah lifted his head, then called out: "I’er looked up at hi nice to drink"
Hali wanted to turn away, but could not move What had made thesein which to give the dying man a drink
Once more, Ship warned her: Let this happen, Ekel! This is a necessary lesson These people an to leave The shoas over Hali found herself alone on one side of the dying uardians of this tor which he handed to the armored man who had smashed the knees of the thieves Hali saw a coin passed to the boy He bit it and turned away, not even looking at the conde to the end of his spear, poured so up to the dying man’s mouth
Hali detected the odor of acetic acid Vinegar!
But Yaisuah sucked at the rag hungrily The moisture spread across his cracked and bloodywas pulled away, he slumped forward, once more unconscious
An older man across from Hali called out: "He’d better die before sundown We can’t leave him up there for the Sabbath"
"Easily done" The ar froainst Yaisuah’s knees In that instant, the light faded, darkness spread over the landscape A lanced up, saw a partial eclipse behind the clouds
A young worabbed the soldier’s spear
"Don’t!" she cried "Let hione"
"What’s it worth to you?"
The young woman looked up at Yaisuah, who took this moment to twist in delirium She looked back at the spearman Her back was to her companions and she faced only Hali as she lifted the spearman’s hand and placed it on her breast inside her robe At that instant, Yaisuah arched his back against the wooden upright and called out: "Father! Father, why have you forsaken h hiaze directly on Hali
"It is finished" he said He fell forward, eyes still open, and did not take another breath
The abrupt hush was shattered by the wailing of a wo at their gar woman’s breast
Hali stood fixed in place, staring up at the dead ht returned A wind picked up the hem of her robe; it chilled her She could see the ar off, one of the woman who had stopped the spear blow Hali turned away and headed down the hill, unable to watch more She spoke to Ship as she moved
Ship?
Yes, Ekel?
Is there a history of this event in the shipside records?
It is there for the asking You ere raised shipside have not had much reason to ask, especially those of you whose ancestors cae
Is this real, hi there just now?
As real as your flesh waiting shipside
She felt the tug of that remembered flesh then This tired old body was such a poor vehicle by co as she stuo back, Ship
Not yet
If Yaisuah was a projection, why didn’t his body disintegrate when he died?
Active iination supports hiet about the you that is shipside or the you that is here, the forgotten flesh would disappear
But he’s dead What good is it to keep his flesh intact?
The survivors require so to bury They will return to his tomb one day and find it empty It will be a marvel They will say he returned to life and walked from his tomb
Will he do that?
That is not part of your lesson, Ekel
If this is a lesson, I want to knohat happens to him!
Ahhhh, Ekel, you want so much!
Won’t You tell me?