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Vi did not flinch. He did not seem to react at all - like galactic ice, he merely froze at the explanation about what the Voice and the Core had been able to accomplish. To use that with which they had trapped her to summon others into the barrier...? "I had heard such tales, but I was unable to confirm them," he said.The clouds were drawing in, promising rain, growth, life, and hiding the stars from view.
"Then in the sky they will stay, Safrin. But you - I held so much hope for you. And in over three centuries you have not matured at all." He pursed his lips. "I am of a mind to make you walk on mortal feet for a lifetime or two. Perhaps that will grant you the wisdom that you lack."