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"Even so," Gwen said softly.

"My other self," Rod said bitterly, "my analog in an
alternate universeЧwith magical powers unparalleled, and
a temper to match."

"Thou weit alike in many ways," Gwen agreed, "but
temper was not among them."

"No, and witch powers weren't eitherЧbut I learned
how to 'borrow' his wizardry, and it unlocked my own
powers, powers that I'd been hiding from myself."

"When thou didst let his rage fill thee," Gwen reminded
gently.

"Which seems to have also unlocked my own capacity
for wrath; it wiped out the inhibitions I'd built up against
it."

"StillЧthere were other inhibitions that thou didst leam




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to lay aside, also." Gwen touched his hand, hesitantly.

Rod didn't respond. "Was it worth it? Okay, so I had
been psionically invisible; nobody could read my mind.
Wasn't that better than this rage?"

"I could almost say the sharing of our minds was worth
the price of thy bouts of fury," Gwen said slowly, "save
that..."

Rod waited.

"Thy thoughts grow dim again, my lord."

Rod only sat, head bowed.

Then he looked up. "I'm beginning to hide myself away
from you again?"

"Hast thou not felt it?"

He stared into her eyes; then he nodded. "Is that any
surprise? When I can't trust myself not to explode into