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." Justin smiled. "And it's a breath of fresh air for the rest of
us. In addition. Hazel love, its literary quality is great and unique. I do want
it for the Archives."
"Uh... poppycock, dear. See Lazarus. Nihil obstat but it requires his
permission."
"Consider it done; I know how to use his stubborn pride. The piglet
principle. All I have to do is to offer to censor it, keep it out of the
Archives. With a hint that I wish to spare his feelings. He will then scowl and
insist that it be placed in the Archives... unedited, unbowdlerized."
"Well- Okay if he says yes."
"May I ask, dear, where you picked up some of the more scabrous of those
expressions?"
"You may not. Justin, Richard asked me a question I can't answer. How do we
know that the Senior is more than two thousand years old? To me, it's like
asking, 'How do I know that the Sun will rise tomorrow?' I just know it."
"No, it's like asking, 'How do you know that the Sun rose long before you
were bom?' The answer is that you don't know.
Hmm- Interesting."
He blinked at me. "Part of the problem, I am sure, lies in the fact that
you come from a universe in which the Howard Families phenomenon never took
place."
"I don't think I've ever heard of it. What is it?" "It is a code name for
people with exceptionally long lives.
But I must first lay a foundation. The Companions of the Circle of
Ouroboros designate universes by serial numbers
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