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After school Kit went straight to Tom and CarlтАЩs, the discreet way, to tell him what heтАЩd found.

тАЬPhysically, heтАЩs there all rightтАж mostly,тАЭ Kit said, sitting at the table with Tom again. тАЬOr so Ponch
says. IтАЩm still working on what he meant by that conditional description he gave me. But DarrylтАЩs
problemтАж Why didnтАЩt anything about it turn up in the manual before?тАЭ

тАЬNeed-to-know restrictions, possibly,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬAnd often enough the manualтАЩll let you find out
something for yourself, rather than just tell you about it. That approach can keep you from prejudging a
situation.тАЬ He paged through his own manual to DarrylтАЩs entry. тАЭCertainly it confirms that he has an
individualized type of autistic disorder. The manual says itтАЩs a fairly recent development. He hasnтАЩt been
autistic from a very young age: It seems to have come on him suddenly, shortly after he turned eight.тАЬ

тАЬSo the Ordeal itself didnтАЩt have anything to do with it?тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt know that for sure. It wouldnтАЩt seem to be connectedтАж but we could be wrong there. At any
rate, because the manual doesnтАЩt say anything further, it suggests that the Powers That Be donтАЩt think we
need any more detail on that particular facet of the situation. Or that what you discover during
investigation may be more valuable than what They already know.тАЭ



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тАЬIt doesnтАЩt seem fair somehow,тАЭ Kit said after a moment, trying to find words for what was making him
so uncomfortable. тАЬYouтАЩd think he has enough problems. WhyтАЩs he been stuck in the middle of an
Ordeal, on top of everything else?тАЭ

Tom shook his head. тАЬIf heтАЩs been offered wizardry, that means that thereтАЩs some problem to which be is
the solution. But he canтАЩt merely have been offered wizardry; he also has to have been able to agree to
the offer. He found the WizardтАЩs Oath, in some form or another, and he accepted it. Now we have to find
out how we can assistтАжwithout removing the basic challenge.тАЭ

Kit nodded. тАЬIt makes you wonder, though,тАЭ he said. тАЬIf heтАЩs the answer, whatтАЩs the question?тАЭ

тАЬI think I know what you mean,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬHe does seem an unlikely candidate. But even in what we
laughably refer to as тАШnormalтАЩ life, all too often the unlikely people turn out to be the ones who have the
answers; the objects you would have thrown away are the ones you find you canтАЩt do without. тАШThe
stone rejected by the builder becomes the cornerstone.тАЩтАЭ Tom got a wry look then. тАЬIt happens too often
to be accidental. Is the universe trying to tell us something important about the way it worksтАФthat
sometimes even what we call fate has an element of unpredictability?тАЭ

Kit nodded. тАЬOr maybe the OneтАЩs just saying, тАШDonтАЩt be so sure you know it all.тАЩтАЭ

Tom stretched and leaned back in his chair. тАЬCould be. There are people in our world whoтАЩve made a
tremendous difference but who would have died in another time. In this time, people every day are