“But you aren"t from around here.”
“Also true. I am English by birth, from a city in the West of the country. We all come from somewhere.”
“And how did you end up here?”
The Risen leaned back, waving cheekily at her acolytes, who dropped to the floor. “They don"t approve of me. What you really want to know is where you may end up, so you may affect a rescue. Your wish will simply not happen. We all have our orders. There are three departments in the Convocation. Here, Brazil, and Tibet. The center in Tibet is more a state of mind than a physical place. The city floats above the mountains, a karmic center reaching out all over the planet. When I shrug off this mortal shell, if I have not attained complete ascension, I will undergo trials. If I keep you here, I may pass there when the sav
