There was furniture in the hall by the open door and a nasty smell in the air. Black billowing smoke and crimson flames obscured his view and the heat was a furnace all around, but there were questions Yulian must ask, and the burning Thing was the only one who could answer them.Īfterward, he'd be butchered by the crowd. He advanced into the inferno of fire and drew close to the figure there. He sensed that he only dreamed-however real and immediate the dream-and knew he would not be hurt. Yulian fought down his fear of the flames. I knew now the barest glimpse of the wonder that had shaped him and enflamed him, and was utterly humbled and baffled by its origins. He seemed a helpless creature, unable to move his limbs, though his heart brimmed as he looked at me. In the wavering light, we glanced at each other. It found some special place or organ in which matter merged with matter as spirit had already merged with spirit and a new thing was formed.' For surely as inevitable death came to your body, the spirit's tiny core merged with the flesh of your body as its energy had already merged with your soul. 'But it is the pain you felt which is most significant, this pain which traveled through your limbs. He grew quiet, filled with excitement, and yet filled with worry though every word she spoke gladdened him and made him feel that this anxiety would lift any second. The experiment had worked! I was hi the very first hour of it, and the fiend James was gone, and everything had worked! Now something of my own fierceness showed in the eyes and when I smiled I saw my own mischievous nature at least for a few seconds before the smile faded and I looked blank and amazed. I said in French that I was Lestat de Lioncourt in this body, and that everything was fine. I brought up the Fire Gift inside of me, feeling it grow powerful and I quelled it ever so carefully and I sent it down towards him, and willed it to kindle only the edge of his black monkish robes.
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