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"Of course he is It's an almost classic case He had all the sye of personality, all of it"

"There's so "I've spent eons reading prophecies, and what he said didn't have the same tone as any that I’ve ever come across--either ours or the others" He looked at Garion "Can you get in touch with your friend?" he asked "I need to talk with him"

"I can try," Garion replied "He doesn't always coh"

"See if you can reach him Tell him that it's important"

"I'll see what I can do, Grandfather" Garion sat down and closed his eyes "Are you in there?" he asked

"Please don't shout, Garion, " the voice responded in a pained tone "It hurts ized "I didn't realize I was talking so loud Grandfather wants to talk with you''

"All right Open your eyes, Garion I can't see when they're closed "

As had happened occasionally in the past, Garion felt himself shunted off into soht, Belgarath," it said Garion's lips "What is it this tiot a couple of questions, " the oldnew about that You've always got questions "

"'Did you hear what the Grolim said?"

"Naturally"

"Was it you? I mean, were you the voice that came to him? "

"No, as a matter of fact, I wasn't "

"Then it was the other spirit?"

"No It wasn't him either "

"Then as it?''

"Sometimes I can't believe that Aldur chose you as his first disciple Are your brains packed in wool?"

"You don't have to be insulting " Belgarath sounded a bit injured, but Beldin laughed an ugly, cackling kind of laugh

"All right," the voice sighed, "I'll go through it carefully Try not to miss too much My counterpart and I caot that part"

"I knew that already "

"And you even arath said in a flat tone

"I' with Garion's vocabulary He's a peasant, he can be a little blunt sometimes Now, doesn't it seem that when Destiny is reunited, there should be a new voice? My counterpart and I will have served our purpose, there won't be any further need for us Millions of years of enarath looked startled at that

'"Think, old man," the voice told hiot too es The new voice can start out fresh without any preconceptions

It's better that way, believe et sentiarath I don't think I bear that "

'Wait a minute This new voice will coht?"

"At the instant of the , actually "