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involved in botanical engineering, with the goal of creating chlorophyll-based
intelligence. The talks had become rather messy, and had ended with the
establishment of the Church of Burbank. Its first act had been to excommunicate
the Church of Rome. His Holiness hadn't been quite so drastic; he'd simply
declared that they were incommunicado, and that the Church of Burbank could
no longer really be said to be Roman Catholic.

A shame, too. Other than that, they'd been so saneтАж

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"I will be discreet, Your Holiness, and only report accurately what I discover."

"Oh?" The Pope fixed Father Al with an owlish eye. "Are you going
somewhere?"

Father Al stared at him for a moment.

Then he asked, "Why else would you have sent for me?"

"Quite so," His Holiness sighed, "I admit to the decision. It rankles, because I
have no doubt that's what this McAran intended."

"Have we any choice, really?" Father Al asked quietly.

"No, of course not." The Pope frowned down at his desktop. "A letter that's been
lying in the vaults for a thousand years acquires a certain amount of credibilityтАФ
especially when its sender has managed to accurately predict the reign-name of
the Pope. If McAran could be right about that, might he not be right about this
'wizard?' And whether the man is really a wizard or not, he could do great
damage to the Faith; it has never proven terribly difficult to subvert religion with
superstition."

"It's so tempting to believe that you can control the Universe by mumbling a few
words," Father Al agreed.

"And too many of those who are tempted, might fall." The Holy Father's frown
darkened. "And, too, there is always the infinitesimal chance of actually
invoking supernatural powersтАж"

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"Yes." Father Al felt a shadow of the Pope's apprehension. "Personally, I'd rather