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Dirrul stood in front of the metal-surfaced reflector, fingering the cap of his ear. To survive as a thinking being he must deafen himself. Yet he hesitated. Self-inflicted violence was the negation of the Rational Potential.
Then, slowly, he developed a new idea. He could use the power of Vinin, to save Agron if not himself!