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Whatever his ownstory was, it couldn't end like that. The sleight of hand concerning distances continued to intrigue him, too. Arill of blood seeped from under his hood and down across his pale face. Theoutriders scurried forward, then turned and hurried back to the nearest pseudopod of the writhingmas

knees as the beginning of what promised to be a stiff evening breezeswept down the riverside, rattling the jungle foliage. When he had his balance again he clung to the ledge,waiting for his heart to slow. The priest-technicians were so upset that none of them remembered to kneel as Osiris appeared, but the godput aside his displeasure for the moment. Mister Sellars' chair was standing empty in one of the wide places in the tunnel, which madeher even more scared.