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There is noforgiveness in me for that part of the monstrous history of The Starlost. “Why? Why do you want me to go now? You never wanted me out there before!” I could feel theacid boiling up in my anger, the tightening of my chest muscles, the clenching of my fists. Fire licked andleaped and he felt the delicate tissue of thought shriveling. He drove without saying a word, butTHE ESSENTIAL ELLISON

He shoved the button back in, because that wouldn’t be the rightthing to do—to take a button he already had. Clearly, none of them had been out in that alley. He was asleep,head buried in his paws. I cling to it.