“I have redeemed myself by giving belief to the wings of the young. Blessed are those who believe, for indeed they shall fly.”

Old Boreal Owl prayer, Grimble's last words; Chapter Twenty-two: "The Shape of the Wind", p. 162
The Capture (2003)

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