And them the Valley of the Passed became the World of Now, that lies always just beside our own, like the magic world of shades, shadows, myth, magic, and light that Keyess showed him.

The World of Now is unexplored by most humans, who live almost entirely in the past and in the future, in thought and in fantasy, and almost everywhere but in Now.

He found that with his new power because of combining with his Others and in finding the World of Now, he had great wings and a voice of fire that could enflame men's minds with the thoughts he said and the way he said them. This time his wings were yellow, orange, and indigo, and, glowing like the sun, he flew in joy over the wonderful cities and fields of the earth.

Suddenly the rain tears of Satori broke through the sunny air, but they were now sad with her waiting and colored red like blood, and the magic tears each like iron butterflies had wings like colored swords, and they tore the air as they appeared, and he flew then in fear as the air filled with the blood red tears around him.

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