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In every age before this you have done the same, as you will in every age after this as well. You were humanity's last chance, yet it is not up to you to change their course: it is up to them to change their own." Here I raised my head from its dull droop and looked questioningly into his eyes. IN EVERY AGE BEFORE THIS YOU HAVE DONE THE SAME AS YOU WILL IN EVERY AGE AFTER THIS AS WELL YOU WERE HUMANITY'S LAST CHANCE YET IT IS NOT UP TO YOU TO CHANGE THEIR COURSE IT IS UP TO THEM TO CHANGE THEIR OWN HERE I RAISED MY HEAD FROM ITS DULL DROOP AND LOOKED QUESTIONINGLY INTO HIS EYES
 slight bow, for I was still standing upright. The look on their faces was one of sorrow, for no matter how many times they had seen the destruction of humanity, each time it brought only fresh, poignant sorrow. Onan was the first to speak, breaking the silence with a long, hopeless sigh, "My dear Jehu," he said, "This age has come to a close." I could say nothing, for Bernibus' face was still gazing at me in my memory. "Do not be saddened by grief or guilt, Jehu, for it is what has always happened. It is not your fault, for the events that you have witnessed do not have their roots in your time or in this one, but in the very foundation of the world. It is not your actions that caused this, but rather the accumulated momentum of all the ages of humanity, for they are history, and history reigns by influence. There were no right choices and no wrong choices for you, for the power of the kinsman redeemer is not in himself, but in the way that those around him react to what he signifies. D FALLEN INTO AND I GAVE THEM A SLIGHT BOW FOR I WAS STILL STANDING UPRIGHT THE LOOK ON THEIR FACES WAS ONE OF SORROW FOR NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY HAD SEEN THE DESTRUCTION OF HUMANITY EACH TIME IT BROUGHT ONLY FRESH POIGNANT SORROW ONAN WAS THE FIRST TO SPEAK BREAKING THE SILENCE WITH A LONG HOPELESS SIGH MY DEAR JEHO HE SAID THIS AGE HAS COME TO A CLOSE I COULD SAY NOTHING FOR BONABUS'S FACE WAS STILL GAZING AT ME IN MY MEMORY DO NOT BE SADDENED BY GRIEF OR GUILT JEHOU FOR IT IS WHAT HAS ALWAYS HAPPENED IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT FOR THE EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE WITNESSED DO NOT HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN YOUR TIME OR IN THIS ONE BUT IN THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD IT IS NOT YOUR ACTIONS THAT CAUSED THIS BUT RATHER THE ACCUMULATED MOMENTUM OF ALL THE AGES OF HUMANITY FOR THEY ARE HISTORY AND HISTORY REIGNS BY INFLUENCE THERE WERE NO RIGHT CHOICES AND NO WRONG CHOICES FOR YOU FOR THE POWER OF THE KINSMAN REDEEMER IS NOT IN HIMSELF BUT IN THE WAY THAT THOSE AROUND HIM REACT TO WHAT HE SIGNIFIES
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