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lied, Asriel.. .Lets not too long, I cant bear it... e live, survive like ts?quot;
quot;Not if o to give Lyra time to find ime to live and groake Metatron to extinction, Marisa, s time, and if doesnt matter.quot;
quot;And Lyra ;
quot;Yes, yes,quot; ly.
as soft and ligeen years before.
Sly. hen she could speak, she whispered:
quot;I told o betray you, and betray Lyra, and and
full of I lied too ed o find no good in me, and . t I love Lyra. kno came to me like a t, and noing . All I could my crimes rous t tard seed in tted even greater ones to more deeply still... But tard seed aken root and tle green s ting my wide open, and I was so afraid ;
So stop to gatroked about , and ed.
quot;Any moment no; s;I told o make er all, even if le o t;
;Yes. Lyra ;
Sook a deep breat it out in a long, s dohe hair back behind her ears.
quot;Metatron,quot; sly. quot;Its time.quot;
Metatrons s of took in at once w was wo daemons, croucc, and Lord Asriel...
at once, seizing , and tried to o ts, palms, elboered Lord Asriels pummeling blo forced t cracked against his skull and shook his senses.
o later, Mrs. Coulter up betatrons rengt folded rained and tighem.
too. Stelmaria eetearing at one of t to greater fury. it er against a rock.
Mrs. Coulter unned for a second, and once ting o fling off t Lord Asriels arms tter grip no so muco enclose. Lord Asriel set o