a decent period of sleep!"
73 Morn smiled. "Thank you, Doctor," he said, "your comments are
entered in the log and I will try to comply."
74 The Doctor returned the smile and departed. Morn's Second Officer
entered the command deck. "Sir," he snapped, "everything has been
arranged. The three ships with leap capability will be ready to depart
an hour after we rendezvous with the rest of the vessels. That's going
to be quite a while, sir. Why don't you let me take the deck, and get
some sleep?"
75 Morn rose from his command chair. "There seems to be a conspiracy
around here," he laughed, "to get us off the commend deck! Very well,
gentlemen. Carry on, Number Two. You have the chair."
76 Morn could not go to sleep immediately. Even without his calling him
his Spirit Guide appeared, sitting at the chair of his desk. "The
weight is heavy," the Hashon Spirit comforted, "but those who lost
their lives gave them willingly. They knew the danger. They also knew
the cost of failure. They accepted and did what had to be done. You
gave them the best that you could, and not one of them questions that."
77 "It's lonely," North remarked, "in that chair, when so many lives
depend on your every thought."
78 "I wish," continued the Spirit, "I could say it will be better in
time, but in time you will have even greater responsibility, even more
lives will be in your care."
79 "That," sighed Morn, "is precisely what troubles me. I am just one
man. How much can I do?"
80 "The Old Fox was one man," explained the Spirit, "but he was one man
that knew The Truth, and had to stand for it, no matter what others
thought. He could not be free while others were tricked into slavery.
81 The Young Speaker could have gone on to Ultimacy he did not have to
come again to be murdered, but he had a Dream, that all men would be
free and know The Truth. You