copies can be made. The words are added by something that printers call 'type.'"
14 "Thank you," said The Hawk, "you may go."
15 As the man turned to leave he took hold of a boy's hand, who had been standing behind him, and began to lead him off. The boy suddenly pulled free, and ran to The Hawk. "Lord!" he cried, "If things like those in his books are forbidden in your land, please keep me here. I don't want to go with him and do the things he wants." The boy could barely speak his language, but The Hawk understood.
16 "The boy belongs to me," cried the merchant. "I paid a high price for him. You may take my goods, but not my personal servant."
17 "How much did he pay for you, boy?" The Hawk asked.
18 "Twenty-five coppers," the boy answered.
19 "You will get fifty coppers more," snapped The Hawk. "I'm sure you will buy a new servant when you get home. But this one stays with me. In a year he will have his freedom. Now, get out, before I forget your ignorance of our Law and have your head."
20 The man quickly departed. The Hawk turned to his son. "You have been asking for a personal servant," he announced, "you have one."
21 The Hawk called in Shining Serpent. "I have a mission for you," he announced. "I want you to go to Zo and tell Bright Star that I want one of these Epon craftsmen called 'printers,' and all of his equipment. Find one, and bring him here. Let him know that I, personally, will guarantee him plenty of work.
22 If this printing can make filth like this, it could turn out hundreds of copies of our Holy

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