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In nowise comforted, they wandered off together, Tom pausing to collect Qualary, all of them looking for somewhere to sit down while they considered options for their futures, beginning with designing some kind of power plant. Hydroelectric, suggested Mitty. Thermoelectric, urged Tom, who knew where there were hot springs. Or perhaps solar.
Or perhaps, Mitty said, they should consult the Edges. The Edges, as everyone knew, still had power.


A PLAGUE OF ANGELs
Perhaps, Qualary Said, the Edges Would even Welcome new residents of
a proper kind. 415
Tom and Mitty grew thoughtful at this SUggestion.

Abasio, who had been Wandering around trying not to think of anything at all, encountered Arakny near the gate of the Place.

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him. "Besides, I'm dying to tell her all about the thrones and the Griffin
and Olly's prophecy. Not that I arms around Abasio and hugged "What do you mean, believe what Oily said to Tom about it."
you don't believe?,,
ha,d,;aid the same thing! . he asked, SUddenly alert. Oracle
don't believe that's what the questions were,', she said quietly. ,,/
believe what she told Tom was just a Story, SOmething to pacify us."
"Why?', he blurted.
"Why? Because she didn't want the truth widely told, obviously. Like
those book-burning teams, altering the past, changing reality. She's not
telling us what really happened. She knew I'd put it in the library, and she
didn't want it there. I assume you don't want it there, .
"/don't know what you mean." eitherg',
"Oh, I think you do. Why not share your impressions of the thrones with
me? I have the Very definite notion that you saw
I didn't. Heard SOmething 't SOmething down there that
didn't she?" I didn hear. HUnagor said SOmething to you,
Abasio shook his head. "You're Wrong. We
them, heard them, just as I did." were both there. You saw
She stared at him, tapping her teeth with a thumbnail. "You know, l told
Oily once that thrones is a name for an order of angels. When one thinks
of angels, one gets sidetracked with old piciures, feathery wings, trumpets
and harps, all that. But if you COnsider what an angel really might be, you
get a different idea. A creature dreadfully powerful and aWesomely old, for
example. A creature
perhaps. ,, not necessarily at all manlike. A terrible creature,
Abasio pulled himself together
know. I wish you'd with a shudder. "Look, Arakny, I don't
repugnant.,, just drop it. I find the whole thing extremely ..
"That's an odd choice of word." '
"Well, it's my choice. Talk about SOmething else. What are you going
to do when you get home, for instance?,,


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