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Carried west by his captors, Perscors passed from his shocked semiconsciousness into the abysses of sleep. In a dream, he stood in the wastes of the Kenoma, watching Valentinus march by on the horizon, going west. He realized that Valentinus could not see him, and wondered if they would speak to one another ever again.
Olam marched up to him. It had begun to snow. Perscors stood directly in Olam's path and called out: "West is not the way! We are all deceived! All we oppose and what we seek are now in the North!"