| "Why?!"
"For your beliefs about Earth. No, that's wrong. It was not so much for your beliefs, but for what you did." "Which was?!" "You altered your destiny with a spell you tried to cast to bring you here -to Pern. At least I think that is why," he muttered. "I tried no such spell!" "You did and you didn't." "NO RIDDLES, RACHALIE!" I screamed at him. "You were not banished until your death at age one hundred. Don't interrupt! Here, let me help you remember." One lightning maneuver later he said, "Now, do you remember?!" "Yes, I remember it all: "After I finished my book, I got permission from Anne McCaffrey to have it published. It made International Best Seller and was translated in ten languages -all to my surprise. Then came the demand for more books in the series, so I wrote three more. Some people who were fanatical about my books petitioned for a second branch to the "Dragonriders of Pern" fan club -and got it. There were a lot of influential scientists in that new branch. After my fifth book -and an autobiography, everyone new about |
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