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does not recognise the inscription on this paper.”
“Do you think
the murderer could have dropped it?”
“It is
certainly a possibility, though I cannot be sure.”
“What is
written on the paper?”
“I could not
recognise the script, but Elena has suggested that these are
ancient symbols representing Karavec numbers.”
“Let me
see.”
Barrow
scrutinised the piece of paper, and nodded. “They are numbers all
right, as you say, ones used by the ancients.”
“Can you read
them?”
“Yes, the
numbers are in pairs. There are three pairs (16, 41), (27, 77) and (89, 18). They look like some
kind of coordinates. But what could they mean? Perhaps they
identify some location on Hikon.”
“That is
possible, but I don’t think so.”
“What is your
opinion?”
“Could they be
a reference to some part of a book?”
Barrow smiled
in recognition. “I should have thought of that myself,” he said.
“Wait here.”
He crossed to
the far side of the room where he scanned the shelves of the
bookcase. After a few moments, he found what he was looking for,
and stretched up to remove an ancient tome from the shelf.
“This is ‘The
Book of Karavec’,” he said. “It is both a sacred book and a
chronicle of Karavec history and religion. It has two parts. The
first part tells of the time the gods created the universe and how
the Karavec came into being. The second part is a record of Karavec
history from the earliest times right up to the time we arrived in
the Milky Way.”
“How can this
help us understand the numbers?”
“The book is
written in the ancient script, and the chapters and verses of the
book are referenced by pairs of numbers.”
“I see. So you
think the numbers on the piece of paper might refer to sections of
the book?”
“Exactly.”
Elena couldn’t
contain her excitement. “So look them up,” she said. Then she
remembered to whom she spoke. “Please forgive me, Great Savant. Can
I help you look them up?”
“I will do
it,” said Barrow.
He turned the
pages until he had located the chapter and verse indicated by the
first pair of numbers. This is Chapter 16, verse 41,” he said. “It
says, ‘After the Karavec had been created and had been living on
their home planet for more than two hundred millennia, there was a
great famine in the land. Many Karavec died, and others were only
sustained by drinking the blood of Karavec embryos’.”
Forster
whistled. “That might explain why the blood from the Hikon centre
was collected and removed.”
Barrow didn’t
say a word, but frantically turned the pages of the book to find
the second reference. Elena thought that she had never before seen
the Great Savant so flustered.
“Chapter 27,
verse 77 says: ‘There are those who aspire to joining the ranks of
the gods. Such Karavec believe that by drinking the blood of other
Karavec, they will assimilate their gnaris. Thus their own gnaris
is enhanced, and their power increased’.”
Barrow could
not contain his rage. “This is an act of blasphemy,” he said. “Any
Karavec who does this evil act will be condemned not only to die,
but to spend all eternity in the light.”
Elena
contemplated the consequences of the action, and sobbed. “It is
obscene,” she said. “Do you really believe that one of our own race
could contemplate such an evil act in the present day?”
Forster, on
the other hand, remained silent while pondering the implications of
the words from the book.
After a pause,
he asked, “What is the third reference?”
“That is
easy,” replied Barrow. “I know this reference well because it is I
who recorded it. It was given to me as a prophecy by the gods.
Chapter 89, verse 18 says: ‘In the latter days, there will rise up
on the planet Ziemia a great threat to the Karavec people. Do not
be complacent; the threat is real’.”
“Is that all?”
Forster asked.
“That is the
end of verse 18. But the perpetrator has either ignored or failed
to
“Do you think
the murderer could have dropped it?”
“It is
certainly a possibility, though I cannot be sure.”
“What is
written on the paper?”
“I could not
recognise the script, but Elena has suggested that these are
ancient symbols representing Karavec numbers.”
“Let me
see.”
Barrow
scrutinised the piece of paper, and nodded. “They are numbers all
right, as you say, ones used by the ancients.”
“Can you read
them?”
“Yes, the
numbers are in pairs. There are three pairs (16, 41), (27, 77) and (89, 18). They look like some
kind of coordinates. But what could they mean? Perhaps they
identify some location on Hikon.”
“That is
possible, but I don’t think so.”
“What is your
opinion?”
“Could they be
a reference to some part of a book?”
Barrow smiled
in recognition. “I should have thought of that myself,” he said.
“Wait here.”
He crossed to
the far side of the room where he scanned the shelves of the
bookcase. After a few moments, he found what he was looking for,
and stretched up to remove an ancient tome from the shelf.
“This is ‘The
Book of Karavec’,” he said. “It is both a sacred book and a
chronicle of Karavec history and religion. It has two parts. The
first part tells of the time the gods created the universe and how
the Karavec came into being. The second part is a record of Karavec
history from the earliest times right up to the time we arrived in
the Milky Way.”
“How can this
help us understand the numbers?”
“The book is
written in the ancient script, and the chapters and verses of the
book are referenced by pairs of numbers.”
“I see. So you
think the numbers on the piece of paper might refer to sections of
the book?”
“Exactly.”
Elena couldn’t
contain her excitement. “So look them up,” she said. Then she
remembered to whom she spoke. “Please forgive me, Great Savant. Can
I help you look them up?”
“I will do
it,” said Barrow.
He turned the
pages until he had located the chapter and verse indicated by the
first pair of numbers. This is Chapter 16, verse 41,” he said. “It
says, ‘After the Karavec had been created and had been living on
their home planet for more than two hundred millennia, there was a
great famine in the land. Many Karavec died, and others were only
sustained by drinking the blood of Karavec embryos’.”
Forster
whistled. “That might explain why the blood from the Hikon centre
was collected and removed.”
Barrow didn’t
say a word, but frantically turned the pages of the book to find
the second reference. Elena thought that she had never before seen
the Great Savant so flustered.
“Chapter 27,
verse 77 says: ‘There are those who aspire to joining the ranks of
the gods. Such Karavec believe that by drinking the blood of other
Karavec, they will assimilate their gnaris. Thus their own gnaris
is enhanced, and their power increased’.”
Barrow could
not contain his rage. “This is an act of blasphemy,” he said. “Any
Karavec who does this evil act will be condemned not only to die,
but to spend all eternity in the light.”
Elena
contemplated the consequences of the action, and sobbed. “It is
obscene,” she said. “Do you really believe that one of our own race
could contemplate such an evil act in the present day?”
Forster, on
the other hand, remained silent while pondering the implications of
the words from the book.
After a pause,
he asked, “What is the third reference?”
“That is
easy,” replied Barrow. “I know this reference well because it is I
who recorded it. It was given to me as a prophecy by the gods.
Chapter 89, verse 18 says: ‘In the latter days, there will rise up
on the planet Ziemia a great threat to the Karavec people. Do not
be complacent; the threat is real’.”
“Is that all?”
Forster asked.
“That is the
end of verse 18. But the perpetrator has either ignored or failed
to
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