”“Other prophecies?” I furrowed my brow. “What are you talking about?”“Why, the prophecies about the return of the High King's heir. The H...ro of Lilies who will reforge his empire and take up his sword.”“Hero of Lilies?” I glanced at Faoril.The mage blinked her eyes then shook her head. “The study of prophecies is not something pursued at the Collegiate Towers. Most do not delve into such esoteric fields.”“It is a savior prophecy,” Thrak grunted. “Or so I heard. Spoken at the time the High King. "She left the room. Jack waited in silence.---After several minutes, May returned, followed by April and June."Okay, Jack - don't speak, just listen." Jack gave May a nod. "Iexplained to April how sorry you were for upsetting her."April turned away. Dried streams of eye makeup traced her cheeks."She has agreed to transform you so that you can go home. June willadjust your clothing. I've called your wife and she's on her way hereto meet you."Jack breathed a deep sigh of relief. "Thank you,. To me paper is a wondrous thing, we had not such among my people, but I see that it is common here, so I do not understand how it becomes of such value.Linda says it is not the thing itself that has value, but that it is a symbol of value. All agree that this piece of paper with these markings on it has a particular value, and that some other piece of paper with other markings is valued more or less, and therefore it is so.That people may make such agreement and hold hard to it seems to me a. Nothing suggestive, simple things like trying to get her to pick up a book, make her thirsty enough to get a drink, or try to make her forget the previous five minutes. Each exercise was followed by a thorough debriefing exploring what she felt, how she knew the impulse was not her own and how she was able to avoid complying."I'd like to do some follow up testing with you and a couple normal human types, just to verify, but I think I've got a decent theory to work with." Am I going to live?".