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"Why?'

"Lord, there are millions lost to you for every million saved '

"You know that I know this, do you not?'

"Lord, have mercy on theh countless rituals to reach you, know you, and appease you '

"Why?'

"I didn't answer I was duht And then I said, 'Lord, do you not care for these souls who are drifting in confusion?Who suffer so in darkness?'

"'Why should I?' He asked

"Again, I took my time It was imperative that this answer count

But in the interval he spoke:

"Memnoch, can you count for me all of the stars? Do you know their naive rains of sand in the sea?'

"No, Lord, I can't '

"Throughout my Creation, there are creatures whose spawn numbers in the thousands, of which only a tiny portion survive¡ªfishes of the sea, turtles of the sea, winged insects of the air A hundred, a million even, of one species may be born under the arc of one day's sun, with only a handful to survive and reproduce Don't you know this?'

"Yes, Lord, I know I knew in ages past I knehen the animals were evolved I knew '

"So what is it to me that only a handful of souls coain, in Time I will not say '

"Lord, hu!'