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Avug's saga, chapter 4 · Stories from Väruld

• 0:02
  Presenter: You are listening to stories from Väruld.
• 0:05
  Presenter: In this episode, Avug Saga Chapter 4, the final chapter.
• 0:19
  Narrator: As she worked, Avug considered what Master Makt had told her.
• 0:24
  Narrator: She crawled under the mechanical table and watched the cogwheel's slow movements.
• 0:31
  Narrator: Were all groons except her stupid?
• 0:35
  Narrator: Were they held that way deliberately?
• 0:38
  Narrator: She felt a hand grab her ankle and she was pulled out.
• 0:44
  Priest: What are you doing under there?
• 0:47
  Narrator: She stared up into the face of a young priest.
• 0:50
  Narrator: A bruni, of course.
• 0:53
  Narrator: No grön could ever become a priest.
• 0:58
  Avug: Thinking.
• 1:00
  Priest: Thinking?
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  Priest: I've never heard any grön saying bat before.
• 1:05
  Priest: What were you thinking about?
• 1:08
  Narrator: The cogwheels, how they turn.
• 1:10
  Narrator: The priest let go of her ankle.
• 1:14
  Priest: Get to your feet, girl.
• 1:16
  Narrator: She did.
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  Narrator: The priest pointed at the surface of the table.
• 1:22
  Priest: Do you know what this is?
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  Narrator: She shook her head.
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  Priest: This?
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  Narrator: He pointed at the golden hemisphere bulging out in the middle.
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  Priest: This is Modhir, our sun.
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  Priest: And this?
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  Narrator: He gestured towards the three oval tracks around it.
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  Priest: Are the orbits of Modhir's three planets?
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  Priest: We are on this one.
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  Narrator: He said and put his finger on the middle one of the three small orbs, each on its track.
• 1:52
  Narrator: He watched her.
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  Narrator: She watched the table.
• 1:56
  Narrator: Nothing moved up here.
• 1:59
  Narrator: It was far more interesting to watch the cogwheels underneath.
• 2:04
  Narrator: She shrugged.
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  Avug: So?
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  Narrator: He looked shocked, but got his wits back after a moment.
• 2:12
  Priest: The mechanics you enjoyed?
• 2:14
  Priest: Move these planets and tell us where we are.
• 2:16
  Priest: Tell us when autumn will come, for instance.
• 2:19
  Priest: Look here, it is even marked on the table when the seasons change.
• 2:23
  Avug: Mom says she was born in the spring, so I'll probably live all my life in the summer.
• 2:30
  Priest: You probably will, child, but the world and time are bigger than one life.
• 2:35
  Priest: And if we don't remember that, we will never learn.
• 2:39
  Avug: Will we forget there are seasons without this?
• 2:42
  Narrator: She pointed at the table.
• 2:44
  Narrator: He smiled at a tone of irony.
• 2:48
  Priest: Perhaps not.
• 2:49
  Priest: But something will happen during your lifetime that we know of because of this table.
• 2:54
  Priest: That no one without a table like this cannot possibly know.
• 2:58
  Priest: Because the last time it happened was thousands and thousands of lifetimes ago.
• 3:04
  Avug: What?
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  Priest: The planets will be aligned, and when they do...
• 3:08
  Avug: Are the portals for real?
• 3:10
  Narrator: The young priest nodded.
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  Priest: Yes, you're standing next to one.
• 3:14
  Priest: It will open and take you to Ofsen.
• 3:18
  Narrator: Avug placed her hand on the cold stone wall that was said to be a portal.
• 3:24
  Avug: Me?
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  Priest: Well, not you exactly.
• 3:28
  Narrator: Because I'm a grön, right?
• 3:30
  Narrator: Avug stared at the portal and then at the table.
• 3:35
  Avug: When?
• 3:36
  Priest: You'll be a mother several times before the time comes.
• 3:40
  Narrator: She nodded to this.
• 3:41
  Narrator: Then she had to take the children with her and the father.
• 3:46
  Narrator: She returned to her broom.
• 3:49
  Avug: Excuse me, Master Priest.
• 3:51
  Avug: My break is over.
• 4:00
  Presenter: Thank you for listening to Stories from Väruld.
• 4:02
  Presenter: In the next episode, Prayer to Blomster and Brander.