day ill and Lyra    out by ttle, eager to be alone    s; t focused on .

        t all day on t of ternooalked, te, trance of    ting h love.

        In tal, saying little, and because t t to t be a cool breeze. til to t uide urning.

        t sand at t of t bird calling.

        tur once, because it    sounded like no creature t beloo te trilling song, and t from a different dire. Deligried to see t all t ed up again, all time singing and singing in ries an endlessly varied song.

        And tter of    ttle fountain of sand in front of    bird landed a few yards away.

        Lyra said, "Pan... ?"

        o tell in t; at any rate, e sand. till circled overill singing, and to join    pearl    of dark red feathers.

        And ill kne o see o t    tig. Sixty years and more ions as brigting t bet as tered t rigo    t dunes.

        Lyra made to move to Pantalaimon spoke.

        "Lyra," ;Serafina Pekkala came to us last nigold us all kinds of to guide tians heyll be here...”

        "Pan," sressed, "o    is it?    is it?"

        to e ermioo, ill felt it tle grip at , and became a cat.

        Before so ;tc listen, listen to us no;

        "Yes, you must listen," said Pantalaimon. "to explain."

        Beto tell told tion about tures: about    intending it, tco separate aill be one being.

        "But ts not all," Kirjava said.

        And Pantalaimon said, "O ell you ..."

        Lyra was bewildered.    ill, and saw    as clear as her own.

        "tell us," ;Dont be afraid."

        "Its about Dust," said t daemon, and ill marveled to    of ure telling    kno;It    to t you saopped it flo...”

        "ill, it    golden lig; Lyra said. "t t all floo t ? as it really?"

        "Yes. But t all time," Pantalaimon    on. "And it mustnt. It mustnt all leak as got to stay in t vanis;

        "But ; said Lyra.

        Bot ill, and at the knife.

        "Every time ; said Kirjava, and again ill felt t little t;every time anyone made an openi into tiness outside. tioo fio see. But it e big enoug to leak out of. If t up again at o time for muco leak out, but t time, Dust    of to not;

        tanding o da it, t a it    like t t seeps into tinguisars: it crept past every barrier t up and under every blind and around tain t it.

        "Every opening," Lyra said in a whisper.

        "Every single o all be closed?" said ill.

        "Every single one," said Pantalaimon, whispering like Lyra.

        "O; said Lyra. "No, it t be true ...”

        "And so    leave our o stay in Lyras," said Kirjava, "or Pan and Lyra must leave to stay in ours. t;

        t stru.

        And Lyra cried aloud. Pantalaimons o before ened every small creature t , but it o te    Lyra uttered noion, uood    of trut knohemselves had learned.

        Lyra s and turning ear-streaming face t as if looking for an ansrembling.

        "Listen," ;Lyra, listen: ;

        "O; sossing , " eoo!"

        so ely to o o ;No, no, no..."

        "Listen," ;Lyra, lets try and remember it exactly. t be a    be a loop;

        ly and made    do once Pantalaimon, frigo    daemoively came close to ill. t touc, but no a o    face against epped delicately onto his lap.

        "; people could spend a little time in ot being affected. t    from o go into till    ;

        "ttle time, but not a long time," ill said. "My faten years. And en years, ts all."

        "But    Lord Boreal? Sir C ;

        "Yes, but remember, o    s er all, in your    no one else kne."

        "ell, !"

        "e could, except t..."

        "All t be closed," said Pantalaimon. "All of t;

        "But ; demanded Lyra.

        "An aold us," said Kirjava. "e met an angel. Sold us all about t, and ots true, Lyra."

        "S; said Lyra passionately, suspicious.

        "It ; said Kirjava.

        "Ive never ;

        ill y. "Suppose t; ;and    made o up immediately, t    leave mucime for Dust to go out?"

        "Yes!"

        "ed make it ;    on, "and only us two would know...”

        "O    ; she said.

        "And o tay hy...”

        But tressed, and Kirjava ;No, no."

        And Pantalaimon said, "ters... Sold us about ters, too."

        "ters?" said ill. "e satle, for t time.    about t;

        "ell,    ;And t time    makes a Specter. Its like a little bit of t floats out aers ts    open t;

        "And t," said Pantalaimon. "And on daemons. Because Dust and daemons are sort of similar; gret bigger and stronger as t;

        ill felt a dull    , and Kirjava pressed    , feeling it, too, and trying to fort him.

        "So every time Ive used t; ;every siime, Ive made anoter e to life?"

        ; you dont knos oentions may be good. tentions, too."

        Lyras eyes guish.

        "O, ill!" s;e t do t to people, not let oters out, not no;

        "All rig; ting to , o . "to, one of us o your ;

        S o say, and siful,    even begun to knoo abando?    be living    s be able to live h himself.

        "No," salaimon on togetely. "Ill do it, ill! ell e to your    doesnt matter if    ill, me and Pan, rong, I bet    a good long time, and tors in your !"

        ears on his cheeks.

        "Dyou t, Lyra?" ;Dyou tc sid ill and fade ating stronger and mroen years... ts notd pass in a flasies. Its not t far a, Lyra, you and me gro preparing to do all t to do, and t all es to an end. Do you to live on after you died? Oo t t it, just like you follo ed like yours. No, oget spend togeto spend t."

        Biting cracted anguish.

        opped and turned, and    on: "Dyou remember anoto build t for us t any elseoo bitter. I t    meant Lord Asriel and     us,    you and me. e o live in our o;

        "Im going to ask ter," Lyra said. "tll kno kno before."

        S do en    little bag over ucked t movement ook out t bundle.

        " you see?" , the face were very small.

        "I kno it off by . ;

        S over to make a lap. ill lay on one elboc moonliged off te sand, lit up    seemed to dra some ottered, and    ill could    already possess every fiber of his being.

        Lyra took a deep breato turn t after only a fes, sopped and turrument around.

        &qu place," sried again.

        ill, c so    sometration so sink into so quickly. Instead, an un spread gradually over    o symbol, almost at random, instead of darting sly aainly.

        "I dont kno; s;I dont kno I t seem to see    means..."

        Sook a deep, surrument around. It looked strange and a into ed al, peering at one symbol after anoturned one ur ill, stri.

        "O; s;I t do it! Its left me!"

        "; ;dont fret. Its still t kno be calm a yourself find it. Dont force it. Just sort of float doo touc..."

        S across ook several deep breat oo tense, and     rembling and igried again. Once more s tur tepped    t didnt kno.

        Surned ao ill and said desperately:

        "Its no good, I    tell, its gone forever, it just came o do, for resg Roger, and t its over, no everyts just left me... Its gone, ill! Ive lost it! Itll never e back!"

        Se abandon. All    kno     s.

        tled and looked up. ill and Lyra se, too, and folloo t o h wings.

        "Its t; said Pantalaimon, guessing.

        ly. As te    in t prepared feness of ter. hers hands

        tigo of anot t meant not clot. It o tell if s ere and passionate, and bot as if so ts.

        "ill," s;I o ask your ;

        "My ;

        "I    you to so close t t;

        ill s;Ill s; ;and iurn,    you ;

        "Not in t. I    see alking about. Your sorroraces in t, but believe me, every single bei even t po to. to ;

        "rembling, "er anymore?    I even do t? t s just not t just vanis ;

        "You read it by grace," said Xap ;and you    regain it by ;

        " take?"

        "A lifetime."

        "t long..."

        "But your readier a lifetime of t and effort, because it anding. Grace attained like t is deeper and fuller t es freely, and furt, it ;

        "You mean a full lifetime, dont you?" Lyra    just... a fe;

        "Yes, I do," said the angel.

        "And must all t; said ill. "Every single one ?"

        "Uand t; said Xap;Dust is not a stant. t a fixed quantity t , t all time, by ting, by gaining    on.

        "And if you o do t, by o learn and uand about to be kind instead of cruel, and patient instead of y, and cead of surly, and above all o keep to replace    t open."

        ill trembled ement, and    to a single point: to a ne, and t living fully iogeter on, t    citizens of to they could do all kinds of good...

        But Lyra was shaking her head.

        "No," s ;, ill...”

        And , and in tone, ;No, the dead...”

        "e must leave it open for t!"

        "Yes, ot;

        "And    make enoug for the window open...”

        Srembling. S very young as o his side.

        "And if ; ;if    to tell t as    to tell people t, Lyra."

        "true stories, yes," s;true stories t to    noto tell about it o tell t, ill."

        "Alo;

        "Yes," s;alone."

        And at t a great    some profound vulsion urbed. All    be alone again, and tely precious blessing t o    be taken a at oeeper to darken t t tremble and begin to spill,    t mass cras of t against t of s ford ters e; hem a single inch.

        ed,    eventually it o subside, and ttle calmer after ters ill agitated, and perruly calm again, but t force had gone.

        turo tood, and t s as sorro soo.

        ill s Ill o open one first, and make anoter. I never k;

        "e sake care of ters," said Xapook to e steady.    a o    a great factory or c, e tanks,    every er, o the air.

        "Its strao t angels dont knoo do t; ill said.

        "tion."

        "And yoing to close t one," ill said. "All except t;

        "Yes, t is a promise. But it is ditional, and you knoion."

        "Yes, o close?" "terrible abyss made by t opening Lord Asriel made out of    bot too, some deep u in ot;

        "Barue t t to travel beto do t? ill you be fio one ; "No; ; "t; Lyra said, "is it possible for us to learn?" "Yes. You could learn to do it, as ills fat uses ty of ion. But t does not mean making t is a form of seeing."

        "Not real traveling, t; said Lyra. "Just pretend..." "No," said Xap;notend. Pretending is easy. t mucruer."

        "And is it like ter?" said ill. "Does it take a o learn?"

        "It takes long practice, yes. You o    as a gift?    is    you aken t steps, and w;

        ill    could be, and at t moment    in to ask.

        "I see," ;And o an angel once o our o;

        "I dont kno; said Xap;But you s spend your time ing."

        "And I s; said ill.

        "Yes."

        s ory, turning, c he world where ill belonged.

        "ell, Ill s to do," he said.

        So augo feel for t as Giao Paradisi    ogettle by little tory disappeared.

        "t    made by tle knife," ill said, "is it really necessary to close t only escapes t ill Dust exists."

        t;e s t any still remained, you e of time you    to do, mut and valuable, in your oravel outside it anymore."

        “ o do, t; said ill,     on at once, "No, on sed t, dont tell me. I s I do. If you say my . And if I do end up doing t, Ill be resentful because itll feel as if I didnt    do it, Ill feel guilty because I sever I do, I ;

        "taken t steps to; said Xaphania.

        "t out at sea," said Lyra.

        "t is to take you omorro;

        tomorro to see Farder , and John Faa, and Serafina Pekkala.

        "I s; said t;I    I o kno;

        S, cool arms and kissed t to kiss tly into ter she had vanished.

        A fes after stle gasp.

        " is it?" said ill.

        "I never asked    my fat ask ter, eit;

        S down slowly, and    down beside her.

        "O; s; to live    to kiss you and lie doill I die, years and years and years a    a memory, just a memory... "

        "No," ;memorys a poor to s your o kno ay op turning, and everyone else could fall into a sleep..."

        "Everyone except us! And you and I could live    love eac;

        "I er I die, and    about forever, all my atoms, till I find you again..."

        "Ill be looking for you, ill, every moment, every single moment. And ig notear us apart. Every atom of me and every atom of you.. .ell live in birds and florees and in clouds and in ttle specks of liging in sunbeams... And o make ne just be able to take oo take tig;

        t the sky.

        "Do you remember," s;o t cafe in Cittagazze, and youd never seen a daemon?"

        "I couldnt uand w    wraig;

        "No, I liked you first."

        "You didnt! You foug;

        "ell," s;yes. But you attacked me."

        "I did not! You came d attacked me."

        "Yes, but I soon stopped."

        "Yes, but," ly.

        remble, and te bones of o rise and fall, and ly. roked ender sly sill.

        to sand. Lyra sat up to greet t tantly tell alaimon e find: like a large and pold in color, lit again. But s of no ordinary size, and rous and ric glints and s-lavender-moonligo see tlety, you o look at her fur.

        "A marten," alaimon, "a pine marten."

        "Pan," Lyra said as o ;youre not going to ymore, are you?"

        "No," he said.

        "Its funny," s;you remember    you to stop c all...ell, I    mind so muc if you stay like t;

        ill put aken    resolute and peaceful. Knoly    roked the red-gold fur of her daemon.

        Lyra gasped. But    flooded t t to    s protest, because s s ig ill ly w she was.

        And soo, t    a lovers    no other.

        So, urned sloars blazed above them.
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