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"I feel as though I have lost," she said softly "All of you"

"You haven&039;t Not at all Be ayou want Set us free and watch us thrive"

The sound of the chi the drift of her e water, seeing it catch the light and twinkle like stars The rainbows in each of the droplets were ieht of the Chosen and whatever individual gifts they possessed

He thought of his Brothers

He thought of their shellans

He thought of his beloved

And he knew the whys of her silence "You won&039;t lose us We will never leave you behind and forget you How could we? You birthed us and squired us and strengthened us But now now is our tio and ill be closer to you than ever before Let us take the future into our hands and shape it as best we can Have faith in your creation"

In a rough voice, she said, "Have you the strength for this, Primale? Can you lead the Chosen even after all you have been through? Your life has not been easy, and the road you are conte is neither level nor well of surface"

As Phury stood on his one leg and his prosthesis, and thought about the days of his existence, and weighed the mettle of his marrow, he came up with only one reply

"I&039;m here, aren&039;t I," he pronounced "I&039;, aren&039;t I You tell th or not"

She sh he couldn&039;t see her face, he knew she sin nodded once "So be it, then, Primale So it shall be as you wish"

She turned and disappeared into her private quarters

Phury exhaled as though someone had pulled a stopper out of his ass

Holy Shit

He&039;d just blown apart the whole spiritual fabric of the race As well as its biological one

Man, if he&039;d knohere the night was going to lead, he&039;d have had a bowl of Wheaties before getting off that bedding platform

He turned and headed back to the Sanctuary First stop would be Coro to the Directrix and¡ª

He froze as he threw open the door

The grass was green

The grass was green and the sky was blueand the daffodils were yellow and the roses were a Crayola rainbow of colors and the buildings were red and cream and dark blue

Down below, the Chosen were spilling out of their living quarters, holding their now colorful robes and looking around in exciteed from the Primale temple, her lovely face stunned as she looked around When she saw him, her hands clamped to her mouth and her eyes started to blink fast

With a cry, she gathered her gorgeous pale lavender robe and ran toward hiht her as she leaped up to him and held her warm body to his

"I love you," she choked out "I love you, I love you I love you"

In that moment, with the world that was his in transfor he never would have iined

He finally felt like the hero he had alanted to be