"They go away and you pick up the book and riffle the pages, but you do not read. At your elbow Dr. Death says, 'What's the matter, Tackie?' He smells of scorched cloth and there is a streak of blood across his forehead, but he smiles and lights one of his cigarettes.
You hold up the book. 'I don't want it to end. You'll be killed at the end.'
'And you don't want to lose me? That's touching.'
'You will, won't you? You'll burn up in the fire and Captain Ransom will go away and leave Talar.'
Dr. Death smiles. 'But if you start the book again we'll all be back. Even Golo and the bull-man.'
'Honest?'
'Certainly.' He stands up and tousles your hair. 'It's the same with you, Tackie. You're too young to realize it yet, butit's the same with you.'"
ur "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" i The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories av Gene Wolfe
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