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"Everything they did to you?"
"Yes," Gerrard replied. "I know this sounds crazy, but
everything I've lost in my life, the Phyrexians have taken
from me: my true parents, my foster parents, my brother
Vuel, my Legacy, my friends.... Now they want to take the


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rest." He grasped Hanna's hand and drew her toward him,
wrapping her in an embrace. "They would take Hanna,
here, and my crewтАФWeatherlight, Benalia, Dominaria. I
won't let them. I'll fight for every last one. I would rather
lose myself to the Phyrexians than lose anything else to
them."
"Don't be too eager to lose yourself," the blind seer
warned.
Gerrard turned his gaze on the old man. "So, you really
see visions?"
The old man's mouth was grim beneath the bandage
that wrapped his eyes. "There are two kinds of blindnessтАФ
not seeing anything and seeing everything. I am blind
because I see everything."
"You see everything?" Gerrard snorted. "How come you
don't know anything about me?"
"If I focus, I could probably tell you all about yourself."
"Right," Gerrard replied. "How about you focus on
whether we're going to win this war?"
The man took a deep breath. "There are some things
even I cannot see."




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Chapter 5
Losing Battles

Like gnats swarming dragon-flies, Metathran hoppers
buzzed Phyrexian cruisers.
Fast, maneuverable, lightтАФhoppers were spheres of
glass and polished metal that shrugged off ray cannon fire
and plasma bolts. Small metallic wings jutted from all sides,
hinged to fold against the craft except when needed.