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time. I had to work at night behind the cookers and unravel a lot when I
made mistakes.тАЭ

тАЬWhy? Why did you make them?тАЭ

KullervoтАЩs wide face went blank. Why? Why had he knitted the blue
stockings? He had never thought why before. It was obvious, was it not?
He had to! Something inside him said that Kullervo must wear bright blue
stockings. Did there have to be another reason?

тАЬNever mind, Kullervo. I know why. It was because you are one with
your ancestor of the ancient days of Wainomoinen.тАЭ She began to trepan
his brain again with those scalpels in her eyes. тАЬIs there anything else?тАЭ

KullervoтАЩs inner arm felt the broken pukko in its secret pocket. Its
hardness dug his flesh pleasantly.

тАЬNo,тАЭ he said. тАЬShould there be something else, Mistress?тАЭ

It was his first effort to be devious and subtle. And it worked. Louhi had
said it and she believed it: Kullervo was too stupid and lackwitted to think
for himself or to invent things. He was like a blank sheet of paper on which
she would inscribe her evil spells.




III
 тАЬKylla!тАЭ the starwitch cried, clapping her claws together and exuding
her grating cackle of triumph. тАЬYou are he. You are Kullervo again, as Carl
Lempi was Lemminkainen, as Ilmar was Ilmarinen, as Wane Panu was
Wainomoinen. The repeat cycle has gnawed away Time and here you are!
Hyva! I knew it when the Call came to save you from the fires of that
miserable little planet.тАЭ

тАЬCall?тАЭ

тАЬOne of my friends of the Black Nebula signaling me; caught me poking
about in odd corners. When I caught the glimpse of those blue stockings I
knew H├╝si had put me on the right track. You were already falling into the
abyss, so I stopped Time and plucked you out of the red smoke. Yes. You
made those blue stockings to good purpose. They led me to you; they and
the ancient oaths you swore out before you jumped.тАЭ

Kullervo gasped. тАЬButтАФthe fire!тАЭ

Louhi cackled. тАЬFire and I are old friends. ExceptтАж Never mind! Did
you ever wonder why the Vanhat chose the bleak frozen part of Terra to
settle on when they left Otava?тАЭ