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realizes that such abilities may be of enormous benefit, so they take a great
interest in anyone found to possess them."

"The government again," Father LeBarre cried, exasperated. "Will they never be
done meddling in the affairs of the Church?"

"Beware, FatherтАФthe government might think it is you who violates the
separation of Church and State."

"But what was more natural than to bring him to the priest?" Father LeBarre
spread his hands. "This is a small village; only the magistrate represents the
Terran government, and none represents the DDT. The parents were on the verge
of panic when objects within their house began to fly through the air in the boy's
presence. What was more natural than to bring him to the priest?"

"Natural, and wise," Father Al agreed. "For all they knew, it might have been a
demon, or at least a poltergeist."

"And what was more natural than that I should call upon my Archbishop, or that


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he would call upon the Vatican?"

"Quite so. And therefore I am hereтАФbut I doubt not I'll find no taint of the
supernatural, as I've said. At that point, Father, the matter ceases to fall within
our jurisdiction, and moves to the government's. 'Render unto CaesarтАж' "

"And is this boy Caesar's?" Father LeBarre demanded.

A soft, muted chime spared Father Al from answering. He turned to the
comscreen and pressed the "accept" button. The screen blinked clear, and Father
Al found himself look-ing through it into a Curia chamber, hundreds of miles
away in Rome. Then the scene was blocked by a brooding face under a purple
biretta. "Monsignor Aleppi!" Father Al smiled. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

"I have no idea," the Monsignor answered, "but it should be a great pleasure
indeed. His Holiness wishes to speak to you, Father UwellтАФin person."

" 'On September 11,3059 (Terran Standard Time), a man named Rod
Gallowglass will begin learning that he is the most powerful wizard bom since
the birth of Christ. He dwells on a planet known to its inhabitants as
"Gramarye"тАж'Then he gives the coordinates, and that's all. Nothing more but his
signature." The Pope dropped the letter on his desk with a look of disgust.

Joy flooded through Father Al; he felt like a harp with the wind blowing through
it. His whole life he had waited for it, and now it had come! At last, a real