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Perscors shattered the mirror with a double blow, both swords slashing as one. He turned and found the door to Achamoth's house. With all his force, he pushed against it and went out into the forest. Though he sensed that his path might lead him to Ruha again and again, his impulse was to seek out Valentinus and Olam. He wandered westward through the wood.
More aware than before that he was neither beast nor god, Perscors felt his solitude. Pondering with his own sad heart, gazing at the boundless forest, he wished he could pray for a sign, but he was acutely conscious of his spiritual confusion. The shadows, as he walked, were everywhere, though it was broad day. His solitude had no part in fear, but he understood that much of his power was identical with the dark flame of his ignorance.