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| 16 | 207 | "We have managed to retard her aging View more quotes about considerably">considerably but eon by eon it has been apparent that our efforts have been less and less successful, and now there are no more eggs". |
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| 16 | 204 | "It is the last egg," said Misk. |
| 16 | 205 | "Why is that?" I demanded. |
| 16 | 206 | "The Mother was hatched and flew her Nuptial Flight long before the discovery of the stabilization serums," said Misk. |
| 16 | 207 | "We have managed to retard her aging considerably but eon by eon it has been apparent that our efforts have been less and less successful, and now there are no more eggs". |
| 16 | 208 | "I don't understand," I said. |
| 16 | 209 | "The Mother is dying," said Misk. |
| 16 | 210 | I was silent and Misk did not speak and the only noise in that paneled metallic laboratory that was the cradle of a Priest-King was the soft crackle of the blue torch I held. |