afraid. They'll be at your side and help you, but YOU HAVE TO WANT IT, YOU have to work yourself. It's no free ride."
153 The woman took hold of The Book. "You believe!" she cried, "It’s
the opposite of everything you have ever been taught. How could you
change so quickly?"
154 "I don't know," admitted Bullet. "Something touched me, something
beyond my understanding. At first I thought The Young Speaker was a
demon and I obeyed him from fear. But then I just knew he wasn't, that
what they taught was true, and that what our people taught was wrong.
155 They say They come into your heart, that the OLD you dies, and a
new you is reborn. That you become Their Children not only in name, but
in reality.
156 You're right. It is the opposite of everything I was taught. It's
the opposite of everything your old master ever taught. But we’ve
learned the Truth in time. We have a chance to change, to save
ourselves. I'm not going to lose that chance, are you?"
157 The woman took The Book between her hands. "Teach me," she pleaded.
158 "I don't know that much," admitted Bullet, "I've just started,
myself, but we'll learn together. There's a guide in the back that
suggests what passages to begin reading and how to study. It's early.
We've got some time before breakfast."
159 He opened The Book and began to read some of the lessons in the
back. "Truth," he read, "is harder to believe than a lie, because Truth
cannot be bent to fit the desires of the hearer. Therefore, you must
put aside your desires, forget what you WANT to hear, and hear what is
true.
160 The Path of falsity is easy, but the Path