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I thought for a long while, rather than plunge into my words

Sybelle had stopped her playing, and I knew that she was concerned forthrust of her vao to her and soon

But I took my time to say a few more words:

"You should have trusted them, Master, you should have let theht of the world, you should have let them have their time with it It was their world and their time "

He shook his head as though he was disappointed in me, and a little weary, and as he had resolved all these o in his ht, he seeo

"Arnity "All that is ical and divine in me is bounded by the human and alas "

"You should have let them have their hour No love of me should have written their death warrant, or their ade and inexplicable world We may be no worse than humans in your estimation, but you could have kept your counsel You could have let them alone "

It was enough

Besides, David had appeared He had a copy already of the transcript we'd labored on, but this was not his concern He approached us slowly, announcing his presence obviously to give us the chance to become silent, which we did

I turned to him, unable to restrain myself "Did you know this was to happen? Did you knohen it did?"

"No, I did not," he said solemnly

"Thank yo

u," I said

"They need you, your young ones," David said "Marius may be the Maker but they are utterly yours "

"I know," I said "I' I'll do what I'm bound to do "