to sustain them?"
39 "They sealed themselves off," explained Running Fox, "allowing little of their Spiritual Energy to escape, and waited for others to come. In this way it is like they were held in suspension. They could not lose power, neither could they grow. They could merely wait, keeping
their image of their World intact until a new source of physical energy arrived.
40 Then, they began to grow and take new bodies. But their thoughts and desires for freedom are so strong that they break through the depressing teachings of your father's people, and cause those in this sector to question his authority."
41 "I see," continued Morn, "basically what you're saying is this ....a good people can be destroyed physically, but they can't be destroyed Spiritually. They come back again and again, fighting for the goodness they hold dear, where an evil people die completely."
4 2 "Yes, Lord," agreed Running Fox, "you are growing in wisdom. I am proud to...." Running Fox glanced towards the doorway and suddenly vanished. There was a little shriek, and Morn looked to the doorway to see his wife standing there, covering herself in embarrassment for both her and Morn were in the habit of walking around the house with little or nothing on for clothes!
43 "Who was that?" she gasped. "Where did he go? I thought you were talking on the viewer to someone, and it sounded interesting. I was going to ask what it was all about!"
44 Morn wondered what to say, but his wife surprised him. "That was a Spirit, wasn't it? A Hashon servant once told me about their Old Faith, and that some of them could see and talk to dead people….Spirits! That's what that was. You have The Old Power! You practice The Hashon Faith, don't you?"
45 "Yes," Morn answered. "My mother taught me. I

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