Nashira had also discovered that we could use human auras to sustain ourselves,’ he said. ‘By the end of the war, we were exceptionally weak. She believed that we would be able to recover our strength on Earth, so long as we never allowed humans – violent, cruel, foolish mortals – to hold dominion over us.’ I could see his eyes burning, reflected by the window. ‘To that end,’ he said, ‘we revealed ourselves to Lord Palmerston, telling him that the Emim were demons and we, angels. Almost without question, he surrendered control of the government to Nashira.’
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