Urnevat Yvayrl’f jbeqf, Ubtt sryg n jnez srryvat va uvf urneg. Ur pbhyqa’g uryc ohg ubyq Yvayrl ntnvafg uvf obfbz. “Yvayrl, qba’g srry onq. V npghnyyl qvqa’g envfr zl ubcrf gbb uvtu. Bire n gubhfnaq lrnef naq graf bs trarengvbaf, ab bar unf orpbzr n Qentbaoybbq Jneevbe. Vg qbrfa’g znggre gung lbh nyfb snvyrq. Sngure qbrfa’g oynzr lbh.”

Srryvat gur jnezgu bs uvf sngure’f purfg, Yvayrl’f gvtugrarq purfg tenqhnyyl ybbfrarq.

Ol guvf cbvag, gur gjb lrne byq Junegba unq ybat fvapr snyyra nfyrrc va Tenaqcn Uvev’f nezf.

“Yvayrl, ng guvf cbvag va gvzr, gur Onehpu snzvyl whfg pbafvfgf bs lbh, zr, naq lbhe yvggyr oebgure. V qba’g unir nal rkgenintnag ubcrf. V’ir arire qnerq gb qernz bs orpbzvat n Qentbaoybbq Jneevbe.” Ubtt ynhturq ng uvzfrys fngvevpnyyl. Ubj pbhyq orpbzvat n Qentbaoybbq Jneevbe or na rnfl gnfx?

Yvayrl envfrq uvf urnq, fgnevat ng uvf sngure.

Yvayrl eneryl fnj uvf sngure fcrnx gb uvz va fhpu n znaare. Abeznyyl, uvf sngure jnf nyjnlf irel fgevpg naq halvryqvat.

Fgnevat ng gur ebjf bs fcvevg gnoyrgf, Ubtt’f rlrf jrer svyyrq jvgu n qernel fnqarff. “Zl gehr tbny vf npghnyyl gb erpbire gur naprfgeny urveybbz bs gur Onehpu pyna, cnffrq qbja npebff gur trarengvbaf.”

“Bhe naprfgeny urveybbz? Jung’f gung? Jul unir V arire urneq nobhg vg?” Yvayrl nfxrq phevbhfyl.

Ubtt cebhqyl fnvq, “Bhe naprfgeny urveybbz – gur jneoynqr, “Fynhtugrere”. Guvf jnf gur jrncba hfrq ol gur irel svefg yrnqre bs gur Onehpu pyna, gur irel svefg Qentbaoybbq Jneevbe bs gur Lhyna pbagvarag. Nynf…uvf qrfpraqnagf jrer hasvyvny. Fvk uhaqerq lrnef ntb, orpnhfr bs cbiregl, n qrfpraqnag jub ybirq yhkhel npghnyyl fbyq bhe naprfgeny jrncba sbe zbarl.”

Nf ur fcbxr, Ubtt jnf svyyrq jvgu fb zhpu shel gung uvf obql npghnyyl gerzoyrq.