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tortoise paused. Om searched his fading memory. Then he scratched in the dust with a claw.
"I . . . remember a day . . . summer day . . . you were . . . thirteen . . ."
The dry little voice droned on. Brutha's mouth formed a slowly widening O.
Finally he said, "How did you know that?"
"You believe themade a point of taking a daily walk through some of the lower levels, although of course always at a different time, and via a different route. Insofar as Vorbis got any pleasure in life, at least in any way that could be recognized by a normal human being, it was in seeing the faces of humble members of the clergy as they rounded a corner and found themselves face-to-chin with Deacon Vorbis of the Quisition. There was always that little intake of breath th Great God Om watches everything you do, don't you?""You're a tortoise, you couldn't have-”"When you were almost fourteen, and your grandmother had beaten you for stealing cream from the stillroom, which in fact you had not done, she locked you in your room and you said, 'I wish you were-' " There will be a sign, thought Vorbis. There was always a sign, for the man who watched for them. A wise man always put himself in the path of the God.He strolled through the Citadel. He always at indicated a guilty conscience. Vorbis
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