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. Only had one
eye, too, it seemed. . . ."
"Yes," I said. "What does Jurt look like these days?"
"Oh, he's grown about half the ear back. It's pretty ragged and
ugly-looking. Generally, his hair covers it. The eyeball is regenerated, but
he can't see out of it yet. He usually wears a patch.''
"That might explain recent developments," I said. , "Hell of a time for
it, though, with everything else that's been going on. Muddies the waters
considerably."
"It's one of the reasons I suggest you simply drop out; and let
everything cool down. Too busy. With as many arrows as there seem to be in
the air, one may well find" your heart."
"I can take care of myself, Mandor." "You could have fooled me."
I shrugged, got up, walked over to the rail, and looked down at the
stars.
After a long while he called out to me, "Have you got any better
ideas?" but I didn't answer him because I was thinking about that very
matter. I was considering what Mandor had said about my tunnel' vision and
lack of preparedness and had just about concluded that he was right, that in
nearly everything that had happened to me: up to this point-with the
exception of my going after Jasra-I had mainly been responding to
circumstance. I had been far more acted upon than acting. Admittedly, it had
all happened very quickly. But still, I had not formed any real plans for
covering myself, learning about my enemies or striking back
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