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They were preparing to depart, though only the two of them. Valentinus postponed meditation upon the loss of the third.
Olam, engrossed in the forthcoming flight, had returned to his customary rough cheerfulness. Spells of pain continued to afflict him, but their duration and intensity lessened each hour. By midnight and departure, the Aeon calculated, only traces would remain.