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making choices of who should live and die on the basis of criteria like whether youтАЩre going to be the
тАШrightтАЩ sex, or whether your whole body is going to work perfectly. Who knows how we may damage
ourselves if we insist too hard on what, this week, looks like perfection.тАЭ

He stopped, a somewhat rueful expression coming over his face. тАЬSorry,тАЭ Tom said. тАЬBut being a wizard
makes philosophers out of most of us eventually. As long as thatтАЩs not all it makes of you, youтАЩre
okayтАж Anyway, now you have to plan how to approach him.тАЭ Tom chewed one lip briefly. тАЬYou may
have to go to his home, secretly. But maybe youтАЩd have better luck at his school.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm not wild about sneaking around in his house,тАЭ

Kit said. тАЬSchool, yeah. IтАЩd thought about that, too. But there are still too many ways to be noticed. I was
considering another option.тАЭ

тАЬOh?тАЭ

тАЬPonch has been able to treat someoneтАЩs interior landscape like an exterior universe before,тАЭ Kit said.
тАЬHe can go into DarrylтАЩs head and take me with himтАж and maybe Darryl will find it easier to talk to me
that way.тАЭ


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Tom brooded over that for a moment. тАЬMy initial reaction,тАЭ he said, тАЬis to say no. WeтАЩre uncertain
enough about how the heck Ponch does what he does. Add that set of imponderables to whateverтАЩs
going on inside DarrylтАЩs headтАжтАЭ He shook his head. тАЬIt starts getting uncomfortably complex.тАЭ

тАЬWeтАЩre wizards,тАЭ Kit said. тАЬWeтАЩre supposed to learn how to get comfortable with the uncomfortably
complex.тАЭ

Tom gave Kit a look that would have seemed annoyed if there hadnтАЩt been a resigned quality to it as
well. тАЬIn theory,тАЭ he said, тАЬof course, youтАЩre right. But turning theory into practice without taking due
care and attention can screw things up big-time.тАЭ

Kit sat quietly, knowing better than to argue his case too hard with a Senior: That was a sure way to
make it seem like he had some kind of ulterior motive.

Tom looked off into the middle distance, pondering. тАЬYet hereтАЩs this very atypical Ordeal,тАЭ he said, тАЬand
we canтАЩt just let the kid go on suffering unnecessarily for the sake of caution and correctness. Some
more information gathering, at least, seems prudent. But I want you to be very, very cautious, and watch
yourself at least as carefully as youтАЩre watching him. Even normal Ordeals are subjective, and getting
another entityтАЩs subjectivity involved with one, even temporarily, brings considerable dangers with it.
This Ordeal, where the candidate is autisticтАФтАЬ He shook his head. тАЭIt might be an attempt to resolve the
autism, which is likely to be incredibly traumatic for Darryl whether it works or notтАжor it might simply
be about some mode of wizardry we havenтАЩt seen before, one that involves Darryl staying autistic. What
looks like our idea of тАШnormalтАЩ function may not, in the OneтАЩs eyes, be the best function. Judgment calls
in these cases can get dangerous.тАЬ

тАЬIf you donтАЩt judge, though,тАЭ Kit said, тАЬor at least decide to do something, nothing gets done!тАЭ