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Mother enty-five at the ti had been taken from her body Father was over three-hundred and his sperraphs of hiuess what he looked like when he was a fully-functioning huuardians' preservation process left few clues to the original person It paid a lot of attention to the head and tended to disregard the other parts of the body The head contained the brain and the rest of the body were deemed unnecessary for the attainment of i in nourishing fluids His body had shrunk to the size of a child's and hung aardly below a scrawny neck Mother shook visibly when she saw hi appealing about the strange being floating in the glass jar

Father stared down at them as if suspended in space His eyes radiated love and understanding When he spoke his lips ed His voice was produced by an electronic device It was neither old nor young He didn't croak like the guardians His voice was ageless and full of understanding

To Crispin, he had the wisdo one He wanted to knohat his fa in the world outside his jar Most of all, he wanted to know about the guardians

Father had once been king The country had a royal fauardians seized power They i hined him to the jar and used his sperm to produce a succession of royal prisoners

His jar was in a far corner of the building To get to it they had to walk past rows of si its own immortal That was the part of the visit Peter most dreaded The immortals never slept They stared fro into the back of his neck as he and Crispintheir best to look as if they had every right to be there

Footsteps sounded frouardroom and they weren't made by the dainty feet of a palace troll They were heavy Peter thought about death trolls and wondered if he was about to meet one He quickened his pace and Crispin held him back

'We mustn't hurrythat will attract attention'