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command their unthinking affection.

Diamond stood behind him, shivering at the raw strength of the broadcasts.

"Imagine how it was when I first arrived here," Vacit said. "There are more
than a million of them, scattered through the forests and savannas of this
world. The Vorlon attack killed all but a few thousand here. They would have
exterminated them if I hadn't acted. The Nephilim gave me their strength, and
with me guiding them we were able to fool even the Vorlons. They left
thinking their creations were all dead." He smiled at Diamond. "After the
Vorlons, your people -- and even Ms. Alexander -- were child's play."

"But sir--" Diamond was still troubled. He still had hope of going back to
Earth. "What do you want {/us/} for? Why won't you let us return home? Or
better yet, come {/with/} us, bring some of these -- creatures -- with you.
With them, we could decimate the rebels in a matter of days. The normals,
too. All of Human space could be ours."

"You think too small, Mr. Diamond," Vacit said, mildly. "The future of our
kind isn't back there. The nautilus does not move backward in its shell. Our
future starts here, and moves forward." He swept his hand at the sky, at the
countless worlds once controlled by the Vorlons, past them to the galactic
rim beyond which the elder races had retreated. "It's there." He clapped the
weeping Diamond on the shoulder. "Now, come. We've much to do."