"Rule with kindness and love, but don't allow men of evil, men like your uncle, the ArchBishop, to tread over you and grind you into the earth." Brook breathed for a moment then briefly looked away from Boyce. "I have been too kind and have allowed too much to pass into being. Now, it's difficult to fight the evil."
"I promise you, that I will follow your words, father!" promised
Boyce, and Lloyd gave his word to Brook, as well.
"I shall watch over him, Lord. I will guide him to do what is right in accordance to the oldest book's ten laws, and my people shall help us!"
Brook forced a grin and slowly nodded.
"Good!"
He motioned to Dearborne and told her to activate, on the panel, the playback for pictures of Alugean.
"I must make certain that you know the entrance to the inside of the mountain. Watch and remember, since this will be the final time I will show you."
The pictures flashed on the screen, showing recognizable landmarks that are in the vicinity of the entrance and finally there came the picture of the entrance itself. It wasn't very large and was almost hidden, and there was one small panel such as that which Brook's gadgets have, and from that panel, entry would be gained into the library.
"Remember," Brook told Lloyd and Boyce. "the numbers that must be pressed are these: Seven, Two, One, Nine — count to five and then press One, again — the vault door will open. Inside there is enough food and water, that you will not have to worry about running out for your duration of stay. There are enough supplies there for both of you to live on for twenty years, and more."
"We will stay there fifty, if need be!" Boyce promised.