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The high table was ee and he stood in the middle They had ordered him back to ask more questions His claim to come from another realht it totally ridiculous

The chancellor began the proceedings

'You put forward the proposition that the various realms are different futures of a coues would like to indentify the point in time when our two realms split apart'

He waved his baton and a map appeared in front of Tom It pictured an island that was known to him as Great Britain Much of it appeared to be devastated but toere , Professor?'

'I recognise the island where I lived in my former realm, my lord But it is a far more prosperous place than the one you show here'

Another e cities but they were not the cities Tom knew

'This is our island before The Fall,' the chancellor announced gravely

'Our realms would have separated well before this,' Toes?'

'They did, Professor'

The chancellor waved his baton and another map appeared It showed hill forts siain, in different positions'

'Did they bury their dead inside round mounds?' he asked

'No Professor Our distant ancestors were buried in long mounds'