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Chapter 15

           Shouldheturnitandletitgoelsewhere,takingitswrongnesswithit?Doitatoncebeforethemanwasfullyoutofthecar?Smithfeltthatheshould?andyetJubalhadtoldhim,atanothertime,nottodothistoagununtilJubaltoldhimthatitwastimetodoit.

           Heknewnowthatthiswasindeedacuspofnecessity?butheresolvedtobalanceonthepointofthecuspuntilhegrokkedallofitsinceitwaspossiblethatJubal,knowingthatacuspwasapproaching,hadsenthimunderwatertokeephimfromactingwronglyatthecusp.

           Hewouldwait?butinthemeantimehewouldholdthisgunanditswrongnesscarefullyunderhiseye.Notatthemomentbeinglimitedtotwoeyesfacingalwaysoneway,beingabletoseeallaroundhimifneedful,hecontinuedtowatchthegunandthemansteppingoutofthecarwhilehewentinsidethecar.

           Morewrongnessthanhewouldhavebelievedpossible!Othermenwereinthere,allbutoneofthemcrowdingtowardthedoor.TheirmindssmelledlikeapackofKhaughawhohadscentedanunwarynymphandeachoneheldinhishandsasomethinghavingwrongness.

           AshehadtoldJubal,Smithknewthatshapealonewasneveraprimedeterminant;itwasnecessarytogobeyondshapetoessenceinordertogrok.Hisownpeoplepassedthroughfivemajorshapes:egg,nymph,nestling,adultandOldOnewhichhadnoshape.YettheessenceofanOldOnewasalreadypatternedintheegg.

           Thesesomethingsthatthesemencarriedseemedlikeguns.ButSmithdidnotassumethattheywereguns;heexaminedonemostcarefullyfirst.

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