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But more visions came to him。
The blood drinker Lestat brought about some new and confusing tumult in the mortal world。 It was a marvelous secret from the
Christian past that he bore�察�which he had entrusted to a mortal girl。
There would never be any peace for this one called Lestat。 He was like one of Thorne's people�察�like one of the warriors of Thorne's time。
Thorne watched as once again�察�his red´haired one appeared�察�his lovely Maker�察�her eyes red with mortal blood as always�察�and finely glad and full of authority and power�察�and this time e to bind the unhappy blood drinker Lestat in chains。
Chains that could bind such a powerful one��
Thorne pondered it。 What chains could acplish this�察�he
wondered。 It seemed that he had to know the answer to this question。 And he saw his red´haired one sitting patiently by while the blood drinker Lestat�察�bound and helpless�察�fought and raved but could not get free。
What were they made of�察�these seemingly soft shaped links that held such a being�拭�The question left Thorne no peace。 And why did his red´haired Maker love Lestat and allow him to live�拭�Why was she so quiet as the young one raved�拭�What was it like to be bound in her chains�察�and close to her��
Memories came back to Thorne�察�troubling visions of his Maker when he�察�a mortal warrior�察�had first e upon her in a cave in the North land that had been his home。 It had been night and he had seen her with her distaff and her spindle and her bleeding eyes。
From her long red locks she had taken one hair after another and spun it into thread�察�working with silent speed as he approached her。
It had been bitter winter�察�and the fire behind her seemed magical in its brightness as he had stood in the snow watching her as she spun the thread as he had seen a hundred mortal women do。
;A witch�察─�he had said aloud。
FROM HIS MIND HE BANISHED THIS memory。
He saw her now as she guarded Lestat who had bee strong like her。 He saw the strange chains that bound Lestat who no longer struggled。
At last Lestat had been released。
Gathering up the magical chains�察�his red´haired Maker had
abandoned him and his panions。
The others were visible but she had slipped out of their vision�察�and slipping from their vision�察�she slipped from the visions of Thorne。
Once again�察�he vowed to continue his slumber。 He opened his mind to sleep。 But the nights passed one by one in his icy cave。 The noise of the world was deafening and formless。
And as time passed he could not forget the sight of his long´lost one�察�he could not forget that she was as vital and beautiful as she had ever been�察�and old thoughts came back to him with bitter sharpness。
Why had they quarreled�拭�Had she really ever turned her back on him�拭�Why had he hated so much her other panions�拭�Why had he begrudged her the wanderer blood drinkers who�察�discovering her and her pany�察�adored her as all talked together of their journeys in the Blood。
And the myths´of the Queen and the Sacred Core´would they have mattered to him�拭�He didn't know。 He had had no hunger for myths。 It confused him。 And he could not banish from his mind the picture of Lestat bound in those mysterious chains。
Memory wouldn't leave him alone。
It was the middle of winter when the sun doesn't shine at all over the ice�察�when he realized that sleep had left him。 And he would have no further peace。
And so he rose from the cave�察�and began his long walk South through the snow�察�taking his time as he listened to the electric voices of the world below�察�not certain of where he would enter it again。
The wind blew his long thick red hair�察�he pulled up his fur´lined collar over his mouth�察�and he wiped the ice from his eyebrows。 His boots were soon wet�察�and so he stretched out his arms�察�summoning the Cloud Gift without words�察�and began his ascent so that he might travel low over the land�察�listening for others of his kind�察�hoping to find an old one like himself�察�someone who might wele him。
Weary of the Mind Gift and its random messages�察�he wanted to hear spoken words。
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SEVERAL SUNLESS DAYS and nights of midwinter he traveled。 But it didn't take him long to hear the cry of another。 It was a blood drinker older than he�察�and in a city that Thorne had known centuries before。
In his nocturnal sleep he had never really forgotten this city。 It had been a great market town with a fine cathedral。 But on his long journey North so many years ago�察�he had found it suffering with the dreaded plague�察�and he had not believed it would endure。
Indeed�察�it had seemed to Thorne that all the peoples of the world would die in that awful plague�察�so terrible had it been�察�so merciless。
Once again�察�sharp memories tormented him。
He saw and smelled the time of the pestilence when children wandered
aimlessly without parents�察�and bodies had lain in heaps。 The smell of rotting flesh had been everywhere。 How could he explain to anyone the sorrow he had felt for humankind that such a disaster had befallen them��
He didn't want to see the cities and the towns die�察�though he him self
was not of them。 When he fed upon the infected he knew no infection
himself。 But he could not cure anyone。 He had gone on North�察�thinking perhaps that all the wondrous things that humankind had done would be covered in snow or vine or the soft earth itself in final oblivion。
But all had not died as he had then feared�察�indeed people of the town itself had survived�察�and their descendants lived still in the narrow cobbled medieval streets through which he walked�察�more soothed by the cleanliness here than he had ever dreamt he would be。
Yes�察�it was good to be in this vital and orderly place。
How solid and fine the old timber houses�察�yet the modern machines ticked and hummed within。 He could feel and see the miracles that he had only glimpsed through the Mind Gift。 The televisions were filled with colorful dreams。 And people knew a safety from the snow and ice which his time had never given anyone。
He wanted to know more of these wonders for himself�察�and that surprised him。 He wanted to see railroad trains and ships。 He wanted to see airplanes and cars。 He wanted to see puters and wireless telephones。
Maybe he could do it。 Maybe he could take the time。 He had not e to life again with any such goal�察�but then who said that he must hurry upon his errand�拭�No one knew of his existence except perhaps this blood drinker who called to him�察�this blood drinker who so easily opened his own mind。
Where was the blood drinker´the one he had heard only hours ago�拭�He gave a long silent call�察�not revealing his name�察�but pledging only that he offered friendship。
Quickly an answer came to him。 With the Mind Gift he saw a blond´haired stranger。 The creature sat in the back room of a special tavern�察�a place where blood drinkers often gathered。
e join me here。
The direction was plain and Thorne hastened to go there。 Over the last century he had heard the blood drinker voices speak of such havens。 Vampire taverns�察�blood drinker bars�察�blood drinker clubs。 They made up the Vampire Connection。 Such a thing� �It made him smile。
In his mind's eye�察�he saw the bright disturbing hallucination again of the great web with so many tiny pulsing lights caught within it。 That vision had been of all the blood drinkers themselves connected to the Sacred Core of the Evil Queen。 But this Vampire Connection was an echo of such a web�察�and it fascinated him。
Would they call to each other on puters�察�these modern blood drinkers�察�forsaking the Mind Gift altogether�拭�He vowed that nothing must dangerously surprise him。
Yet he felt shivers through all his flesh remembering his vague dreams of the disaster。
He hoped and prayed that his newfound friend would confirm the things he'd seen。 He hoped and prayed that the blood drinker would be truly old�察�not young and tender and bungling。
He prayed that this blood drinker would have the gift of words。 For he wanted to hear words more than anything。 He himself could
seldom find the right words。 And now�察�more than anything�察�he wanted to
listen。
He was almost to the bottom of the steep street�察�the snow ing down lightly around him�察�when he saw the sign of the tavern�此�The Werewolf。
It made him laugh。
So these blood drinkers play their reckless games�察�he mused。 In his time it had been wholly different。 Who of his own people had not believed that a man could change into a wolf�拭�Who of his own people would not have done anything to prevent this very evil from ing upon him��
But here it was�察�a plaything�察�the concept�察�with this painted sign swinging on its hinges in the cold wind�察�and the barred windows brightly lighted beneath it。
He pulled the handle of the heavy door and at once found himself in a crowded room�察�warm�察�and full of the smell of wine and beer and human blood。
The warmth alone was overwhelming。 In truth�察�he had never felt anything quite like it。 The warmth was everywhere。 It was even and wondrous。 And it crossed his mind that not a single mortal here
realized how truly marvelous this warmth was。
For in olden times