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destroying all illithids across the Planes. After the illithids had been
exterminated, they would bring war to all other races they encountered."
"In Gith's heart, fires raged. She lived in war, and in war, she knew herself.
All that her eyes saw, she wanted to conquer."
"Zerthimon spoke the beginnings of that which was against Gith's will. He
spoke that the People already knew freedom. Now they should know
themselves again and mend the damage that had been done to the People.
Behind his words were many other hearts of the People who were weary of
the war against the illithid."
"Know that Gith's heart was not Zerthimon's heart on this matter. She said
that the war would continue. The illithid would be destroyed. Their flesh
would be no more. Then the People would claim the False Worlds as their
own. Gith told Zerthimon that they would be under the same sky in this
matter. The words were like bared steel."
"From Zerthimon came the Pronouncement of Two Skies. In the wake of his
words came war."
I folded the plates shut as Dak'kon waited for my answer, "I know that
Zerthimon's devotion to the People was such that he was willing to protect
them from themselves. He knew the illithids had come not to know
themselves in their obsession with control and domination. So he chose to
stop Gith before she carried the People to their deaths. There must be
balance in all things, or else the self will not hold."
"You have seen the words and know them." Dak'kon's voice slowed, and his
hands gripped the edges of the Unbroken Circle. He twisted it clockwise, and
there was a click as two plates slid forth. Dak'kon stared at the two plates in
his hand - he made no move to hand them to me.
"Dak'kon... is that second plate for you?"
Dak'kon remained silent. His blade has ceased shimmering, the film freezing
upon its surface. He was staring at the second plate, paralyzed.
"Do you know the Sixth Circle?"
Dak'kon looked up, but his coal-black eyes didn't meet your gaze. "know
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