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68 The male silences her with a placement of fingers over lips before she can continue. “I promise you, I will be okay. Lord Yig is with me.” Without another word, Pofiri turns away and plunges into the shade outside, leaving Tiri standing in their empty room with folded hands and worried eyes. Slowly, a tear rolls down her cheek as she looks up at the roof and whispers to the shadows hovering overhead. “Lord Yig, please protect him.” “Please protect him.” That is all she asks, My mortal friend. I impart this question to You now. Does young Pofiri deserve Our protection? What shall be the outcome of his quest? Is he to roast, is he to be successful, or shall he be cast back into chains? There are so many questions and yet so little time to discuss them. You should ask Yourself now, my little God: Will You protect him? Will You help in his quest, or will You simply stand aside and watch him create his own doom? Or perhaps you have something more unique in mind. Please, do tell Me what Your mind is; for I am Yig, and I am You. We are one, and We are forever.
69 The Device Daniel Ayioltis Following his death it fell to me to see to my uncle’s estate, but all I could think about were his last words, directing me to the attic. When I arrived at the house in Rathmines I wasn’t sure exactly what I was looking for, or what I thought it was that my uncle had wanted me to find. During all my childhood visits I had never been in the attic; it was the one room that he had insisted on keeping out of bounds to all but himself. This was his private study and had housed his most prized esoterica. Now it had been stripped down and was dedicated to a single purpose. On a low table, in the centre of the room, was a peculiar looking device. Made of varnished and aged hardwood, it was about two feet in depth, height and width, with a single round speaker on the front. On the right hand side was a crank. Was this my uncle’s final piece of research? Had he placed it in my charge with his final words? Out of curiosity I pulled up a chair and turned the crank, tentatively at first. Driven by internal mechanical workings a small trap door opened in the top of the box, through which extended a small oval mirror on a retractable brass arm. At the same time the speaker began to emit a strange noise that I can only describe as hundreds of oscillating frequencies layered on top of each other. Mesmerised by the sound I found myself staring into my own eyes as my face filled the mirror. The sound had a strange, indiscernible quality; it filled the room like liquid
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