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"Or red," Phanuel said. "To go with the moon's turning to
blood. And one of the horses is red, isn't it? Death or


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something?"

"War's red," Gabe said. "Death is a pale horse, pale rider."

"What does `a pale horse' mean?" Sara said. "White, or a
palomino, or what?"

"Gray," Uriel said.

"White," Gabe said.

"It can't be white," Phanuel said. "Famine's horse is white:"

Penemue came in. "You guys went off without me," he said. "I
thought you said we were all going to meet at Gomorrah and
come over together."

"Can I get you anything?" Gabe said.

"I waited for half an hour for you guys," Penemue said. "It was
like a furnace." He sat down. "What are we talking about?"

"The seven seals," Uriel said. "What color do you think they
should be.

"Blue," he said.

"Blue?" Uriel said.

"Why in heaven's name blue?" Phanuel said.

"I like blue," he said.

"There's a motion on the table," I said. "All those in favor of
the seals being gold say aye."

Gabe and Sara voted aye. Uriel, Phanuel, and Penemue voted
nay, which meant it was a tie. I said, "Sara, get in touch with
the Planning Committee and ask them what they want," which
I should have said in the first place. "Do you have anything
else to report?"