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Sentimental fool,laton said.
Listen, Father, after what I did today I’m entitled to show some sentiment,camilla retorted. Qui
Well, now this idiot priest is heading out to be a hero. Do you intend to save him as well?
No. He’s an adult. He makes his own choices.
Very well. The loss of Supervisor Manani is vexing, though. I was relying on him to eradicate the rest of the Ivets.
Do you want me to shoot them?
No, the hunting party is returning, they will find the horse soon enough, and the trail Qui
Nobody will believe her.
Possibly.
So what are you going to do about Dexter? Our original scenario didn’t envisage him surviving this long.
Qui
Is my provocateur duty over now?
Yes, I don’t believe the situation requires further intervention on our part. We can monitor events through the servitor scouts.
Good. I’m on my way home; have a bath and a tall drink waiting, it’s been a long day.
Qui
Powel Manani moaned dazedly.
Qui
“Dickhead,” Powel grunted.
Qui
“Why did you do it, Powel? Why did you drown Leslie and Tony? Why did you kill Kay? Why did you send Vorix after Douglas?”
“And the others,” Powel wheezed. “Don’t forget them.”
Qui
“You’re all that’s left, Qui
The thermal inducer was applied to his leg again.
“Why?” Qui
“Carter McBride. Why do you think? You’re fucking animals, all of you. Just animals. No human could do that to another. He was ten years old!”
Qui
“This! You dickhead. You strung him up, you and your Light Brother bastards. You split him in half!”
“Qui
Qui
Powel pulled at the vines holding his hands. “And Gwyn Lawes, and Roger Chadwick, and the Hoffmans? What about them? You got alibis for them, too?”
“Ah, well now I have to admit, you have a point there. But how did you know we followed the Light Brother?”
“Elwes, he told us.”
“Yes, I should have realized a priest would know what was going down. Not that it matters now.” He took his fission blade from his dungarees pocket.
“Qui
Qui
“What do you mean?” Jackson yelled. “What are you talking about? Shit, Qui
“That’s right. We’re go
Jackson Gael felt a deadly frost settle around his heart. He hadn’t realized how insane Qui
The other Ivets were giving each other very edgy glances.
Qui
“We are the princes of the Night,” Qui
“We are the princes of the Night,” the Ivets chanted with numb obedience.
Camilla, get back there now. Eliminate all of them immediately. I’m dispatching the incorporated to help you clear away the bodies. If the hunting party arrive first, use a thermal grenade to obliterate the scene. It’s hardly elegant, but it will have to suffice. Qui
I’m on my way, Father.
The Ly-cilph moved its identity focus between Qui
The emotional polarity between Qui
Right out on the fringe of awareness, the Ly-cilph could detect a minute transmission of energy from Powel Manani into Qui
“When the false lord leads his legions away into oblivion, we will be here,” Qui
“We will be here,” the Ivets repeated.
“When You bring light into the darkness, we will be here.”
“We will be here.”
“When time ends, and space collapses into itself, we will be here.”
“We will be here.”
Qui
“This is our sacrament to You, Lord,” Qui
Powel Manani was dying. The Ly-cilph observed the swirl of energistic patterns raging throughout his body. A small discharge crackled into Qui