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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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But
the
effect
of
those
white
flames!...
There
was
no
explaining
it.
But
Sarka
felt
that
whatever
he
willed
to
do
he
could
do;
that
whatever
he
wished
for
was
his,
whether
it
was
his
by
right
or
no.
He
felt
that
he
could
move
mountains,
with
only
the
aid
of
his
hands.
Looking
at
Jaska
he
conceived
all
sorts
of
new
beauty
in
her,
for
she
was
the
brightest,
to
him,
of
all
the
people
who
had
passed
through
the
lake
of
white
flames,
and
been
cleansed
in
their
heat.
"No
wonder
Luar
has
mastered
the
Moon!"
he
cried
to
Jaska.
"For
when
she
was
bathed
in
the
white
flames,
her
will
is
paramount!"
"But
how,
if
she
passes
the
people
of
the
Gens
of
Dalis
through
the
flames,
will
she
retain
her
sovereignty?"
"Because
Dalis,
too,
has
passed
through,
and
his
will
is
the
will
of
the
Gens!
They
will
obey
him,
and
he
has
sworn
allegiance
to
Luar,
or
given
some
sort
of
oath
of
fealty!"
"How
strange
that
but
one
person
on
the
Moon
has
been
bathed
in
the
white
flames!"
"How
do
we
know,"
Sarka
almost
whispered
it,
"that
she
is,
originally,
of
the
Moon?
Does
she
not
look
too
much
like
our
people,
to
be
from
another
world
entirely?"
"I
do
not
know,
but
...
you
mean
...
you
mean...?"
"I
scarcely
know;
but
Dalis
would
swear
allegiance
to
no
man,
much
less
to
a
woman,
unless
he
knew
that
man,
or
woman,
far
better
than
he
has
had
opportunity,
in
a
matter
of
hours
only,
to
know
Luar!"
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