“That’s Tak’s place,” he said. “The ini, well of the worlds.” “I don’t understand you,” Steve said gently. David ignored him; it was still Marinville he seemed to be mostly talking to. “The force of evil from the ini filled the can tahs the same way the minerals fill the ground itself—blown into every particle of it, like smoke. And it filled the chamber I’m talking about the same way. It’s not smoke, but smoke is the best way to think about it, maybe. It affected the miners at different rates, like a disease germ. The ones who went nuts right away turned on the others. Some, their bodies
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