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back to Kirtn. тАЬI donтАЩt see anything but air.тАЭ

тАЬYou donтАЩtsee anything at all,тАЭ muttered the BreтАЩn, referring to the fact that Fssireemes
were blind to the wavelengths of light that were the visible spectrum for Fourth People.

тАЬThatтАЩs what I said,тАЭ whistled Fssa, a musical confusion in his trill.
 тАЬNo,тАЭ said Rheba, touching KirtnтАЩs arm, тАЬFssa is right. The arch must be an illusion that
exists only in the visible wavelengths of light. Since Fssa uses other means of тАШseeing,тАЩ he
isnтАЩt fooled.тАЭ

тАЬWait here,тАЭ said Kirtn.

He strode toward the arch, stopping a handтАЩs width away. He reached out ... and his
fingers vanished into darkness.

The illusionists reappeared beneath the arch, startling him. They were polite enough to
conceal their smiles, although laughter rippled in their voices.

тАЬItтАЩs only a simple illusion,тАЭ, said fтАЩlTiri, dismissing the arch with a flip of his hand.

тАЬIt doesnтАЩt even have texture,тАЭ added iтАЩsNara, poking holes in the arch with her tiny
white hands. тАЬIt never changes. Even our youngest son could do better.тАЭ

тАЬFssa wasnтАЩt fooled,тАЭ Rheba said, walking up behind Kirtn.

FтАЩlTiri looked at the Fssireeme with new appreciation. тАЬIтАЩd like to see the planet you
came from, snake.тАЭ

тАЬSo would I,тАЭ responded the Fssireeme in a sad tremolo.

Rheba touched him with a comforting fingertip. The snake had been bornтАФif that was
the proper term for Fssireeme reproductionтАФbeyond the EqualityтАЩs borders, on a planet
so distant that no one knew its Equality name. In fact, neither the old Deva navtrix nor
the new Equality navtrix had ever heard of a planet called Ssimmi. Fssa could not go
home, because without a location on the navigation matrix, no one knew where in the
galaxy his home was. And Fssa wanted very badly to go home.

тАЬHe uses sound waves to see,тАЭ said Rheba. тАЬThatтАЩs why he saw through the archтАЩs
illusion.тАЭ

IтАЩsNara looked thoughtful. тАЬThat might help with some Yhelle illusions. But the most
enduring illusions are based on reality. The best ones have feel and texture. The
extraordinary ones precisely mimic reality in every way.тАЭ

тАЬThen how can you tell the difference?тАЭ asked Kirtn.

тАЬWhen their creator gets bored or dies, his illusions vanish.тАЭ

тАЬYou can tell the difference between normal illusions and reality?тАЭ asked Rheba.