“Do not worry. Change is in the air.”“What change?” asked Anier...

“Do not worry. Change is in the air.”

“What change?” asked Anier miserably.

“The seasons. Autumn has arrived. Did you not feel it?”

“No.”

“You should pay attention to any change” the Old Man smiled “Especially in a place like this.”

“Who are you?’

“I am an Old Man from the Fourth Quarter. Or perhaps you do not believe in the Fourth Quarter? Then I am an Old Man who you do not believe in.”

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