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Although Redd was talking to her now, Druid couldn’t make sense of what she was saying. She desperately wanted to understand, though she felt a sudden and fierce flicker of annoyance. Why was the Wealda being so cryptic? Why couldn’t she just speak plainly?

I don’t know what you’re trying to say, Druid replied. How did we go from ‘I don’t like this position’ to ‘I’m asking you to deny who you are’? she wanted to know, frustration and incredulity now creeping into her tone.

Was climbing on top of her really that important to the Wealda? If Druid didn’t want that, did it really mean they were incompatible? She had a hard time grasping this possibility. It was absurd! Yet dread built inside her as it dawned on her that that was exactly what Redd was trying to say.