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She needed to remember. Although I would have thoughtI'd be closer by now. _In fact, the Grail people don't seem to have much of an advantage over anyone else in thesesimulations,_ he reflected. I don't know what they are yet, but I bet itdoes, in its own way.

_Well, we don't know,_ she told herself. She was olderhere than in her other guises, but she was also somehow startlingly young. Would these simworlds simply crumble into virtual dust, likethe veldt grass of !Xabbu's story? Or would something even more sinister replace them? Go slow, !Xabbu said. Call me back when you're ready.