and looked up. ill and Lyra sensed it, too, and folloo t o h wings.

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    ly. As tco time  in t prepared for trangeness of ter. hers hands

    tigo of anot t meant not clot. It o tell if s ere and compassionate, and bot as if so ts.

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    quot;I  you to so close t t;

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    quot;rembling, quot;er anymore?  I even do t? t s just not t just vanis ;

    quot;You read it by grace,quot; said Xap ;and you can regain it by ;

    quot; take?quot;

    quot;A lifetime.quot;

    quot;t long...quot;

    quot;But your reading ter ter a lifetime of t and effort, because it anding. Grace attained like t is deeper and fuller t comes freely, and furt, it ;

    quot;You mean a full lifetime, dont you?quot; Lyra  just... a fe;

    quot;Yes, I do,quot; said the angel.

    quot;And must all t; said ill. quot;Every single one ?quot;

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    quot;And if you o do t, by o learn and understand about to be kind instead of cruel, and patient instead of y, and cead of surly, and above all o keep to replace  t open.quot;

    ill trembled ement, and  to a single point: to a ne, and t liv