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"Why me Lord? Surely there is someone who is better than me!"

"Who is better than you, a man humble in spirit, but faithful in purpose Eli, Eli, there is nothing that I cannot do through you, if you will only give et up valiant warrior for it is I, the Ancient of Days, who has given you strength and insight to accomplish what I have purposed for you to do Even as I have purposed it, so shall it be done!"

I was thrust up to my feet from an unknown source and propelled toward the door of my cabin, even as a voice of Divine authority said, "Follow the star that I have provided to show you the hidden places of the Earth"

I exclaireat crime, "I threw it away into the sea Lord!"

"That childish bauble cursed from its creation and inscribed withof no iht your path! For do not I command the hosts of heaven even as I do the seas and the beasts of the earth?"

"Yes Lord!" I said in awed obedience, as I was driven frorasped the railing, as I stared up into the sky full of stars overhead, but one stood out more than all the rest and it see steadily away fro the wheel alone in the dark, "Follow that star!" I cried out

He nodded and surprised , "Yes my Captain!"

The Celestia's Prize hauled back around in the night as Big Jim spun the wheel to line up with the star that seeht sky as if it aiting for us to catch up The star started to ain and Jied forward slicing through the waves in pursuit of the star that kept pace ahead of the ship

Like sleepwalkers the rest of the crew eed out onto the deck to stare at the provided wonder in the night sky ahead of us Matt calanced at hi at me, "I had a drea to become a reality!"