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was filled with whirling flakes of white, remembering even in the sweep of violent sensations the words of Balthamos: You have true flesh, we have not. Human beings were stronger than angels, stronger even than great powers like He hurled himself at Will, shaking his arm, his shoulder, his hands, and the attacker was trying to shout again, but Baruch's hand was over his mouth. From above came a deep tremor, like a mighty dynamo, almost too low to hear, though it shook the very atoms of the air and jolted the marrow in Will's bones.this one, and it was true: he was bearing the angel down to the ground.The attacker was still shouting in that ear-splitting voice: "Lord Regent! To me, to me!"Will managed to glance upward and saw the clouds stirring and swirling, and that gleam, something immense, growing more powerful, as if the clouds themselves were becoming luminous with energy, like plasma.Balthamos cried, "Will, come away and cut through, before he comes...”But the angel was struggling hard, and now he had one wing free and he was forcing himself up from the ground, and Will had to hang on or lose him entirely. Baruch sprang to help him, and forced the attacker's head back and back."No!" cried Balthamos again. "No! No!"
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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