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"
The
land
is
vast
.
Soon
enough
,
our
people
abandoned
us
,
remembered
us
only
as
creatures
of
the
old
land
,
as
things
that
had
not
come
with
them
to
the
new
.
Our
true
believers
passed
on
,
or
stopped
believing
,
and
we
were
left
,
lost
and
scared
and
dispossessed
,
to
get
by
on
what
little
smidgens
of
worship
or
belief
we
could
find
.
And
to
get
by
as
best
we
could
.
"
So
that
’
s
what
we
’
ve
done
,
gotten
by
,
out
on
the
edges
of
things
,
where
no
one
was
watching
us
too
closely
.
"
We
have
,
let
us
face
it
and
admit
it
,
little
influence
.
We
prey
on
them
,
and
we
take
from
them
,
and
we
get
by
;
we
strip
and
we
whore
and
we
drink
too
much
;
we
pump
gas
and
we
steal
and
we
cheat
and
we
exist
in
the
cracks
at
the
edges
of
society
.
Old
gods
,
here
in
this
new
land
without
gods
.
"
Wednesday
paused
.
He
looked
from
one
to
another
of
his
listeners
,
grave
and
statesmanlike
.
They
stared
back
at
him
impassively
,
their
faces
masklike
and
unreadable
.
Wednesday
cleared
his
throat
,
and
he
spat
,
hard
,
into
the
fire
.
It
flared
and
flamed
,
illuminating
the
inside
of
the
hall
.
"
Now
,
as
all
of
you
will
have
had
reason
aplenty
to
discover
for
yourselves
,
there
are
new
gods
growing
in
America
,
clinging
to
growing
knots
of
belief
:
gods
of
credit
-
card
and
freeway
,
of
internet
and
telephone
,
of
radio
and
hospital
and
television
,
gods
of
plastic
and
of
beeper
and
of
neon
.
Proud
gods
,
fat
and
foolish
creatures
,
puffed
up
with
their
own
newness
and
importance
.
"
They
are
aware
of
us
,
and
they
fear
us
,
and
they
hate
us
,
"
said
Odin
.
"
You
are
fooling
yourselves
if
you
believe
otherwise
.
They
will
destroy
us
,
if
they
can
.
It
is
time
for
us
to
band
together
.
It
is
time
for
us
to
act
.
"
The
old
woman
in
the
red
sari
stepped
into
the
firelight
.
On
her
forehead
was
a
small
dark
blue
jewel
.
She
said
,
"
You
called
us
here
for
this
nonsense
?
"
And
then
she
snorted
,
a
snort
of
mingled
amusement
and
irritation
.
Wednesday
’
s
brows
lowered
.
"
I
called
you
here
,
yes
.
But
this
is
sense
,
Mama
-
ji
,
not
nonsense
.
Even
a
child
could
see
that
.
"
"
So
I
am
a
child
,
am
I
?
"
She
wagged
a
finger
at
him
.
"
I
was
old
in
Kalighat
before
you
were
dreamed
of
,
you
foolish
man
.
I
am
a
child
?
Then
I
am
a
child
,
for
there
is
nothing
in
your
foolish
talk
to
see
.
"
Again
,
a
moment
of
double
-
vision
:
Shadow
saw
the
old
woman
,
her
dark
face
pinched
with
ageand
disapproval
,
but
behind
her
he
saw
something
huge
,
a
naked
woman
with
skin
as
black
as
a
new
leather
jacket
,
and
lips
and
tongue
the
bright
red
of
arterial
blood
.
