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?No one will ever test that more than I will test it now,? I warned him
He waited, eyes confused and wary
I took a deep breath, felt it expand my lungs
?I know how to do what you've been ending so many lives to discoverI know how to take the
souls from your bodies without harm to eitherOf course I know thatWe all have to, in case of
an emergencyI even performed the emergency procedure once, when I was a Bear
I stared at him, waiting for his responseIt took him a long moment, and his eyes grew wilder
every second
?Why are you telling me this?? he finally gasped
?Because I? I am going to give you the knowledge you need I held up my hand again?But
only if you will give me what I want in returnI'm warning you right now, it won't be any easier
for you to give me what I want than it will be for me to give you what you want
His face was fiercer than I'd ever seen it
?You can't kill them?the souls you removeYou must give me your word?your promise, your
oath, your vow?that you will give them safe conduct on to another lifeThis means some
danger; you will have to have cryotanks, and you will have to get those souls onto shuttles
off-planetYou have to send them to another world to liveBut they won't be able to hurt you
By the time they reach their next planet, your grandchildren will be dead
Would my conditions mitigate my guilt in this? Only if Doc could be trusted
He was thinking very hard as I explainedI watched his face to see what he would make of my
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