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She feared the prospect of marriage to Satan. Therefore he would stage that marriage-and rescue her
from it. Thus the lie would preserve her from the reality, and perhaps the lie could win her love.
He scripted the illusion carefully. Everything had to be just right. She had to be made to believe the lie.
But whom would she believe? Not a demon from Hell, certainly! No honest person would cooperate in
telling her the necessary lie. How could he develop a cast of characters that would do his bidding yet be
believable to her?
By emulating the ones she trusted! The other Incarnations! With the true Incarnations bound not to
interfere in any way, he could arrange to emulate them, and sugarcoat the lie. What a phenomenal total
lie he was developing!
He summoned those damned souls who had talent in acting and who desired the favor of the Lord of
Evil. He drilled them in the characters they were to portray, so that they could almost believe they were
those folk. He rehearsed them in the script, and adjusted and refined it constantly, perfecting it. The first
lie was about to be perpetrated.
When Orb returned to the Llano region of North America Parry was ready. He watched the big fish
swim low and open his mouth to let the woman out. Orb walked across the plain, seeking her song. Now
was the time!
The first actor went onstage. She formed into the semblance of a spider, and the spider grew until it
became the likeness of Niobe in her current form.
"Mother!" Orb cried, and hugged her. "Luna said you had become Lachesis."
"True. Now we must talk." The emulation was doing very well; Orb appeared to have no suspicion.
"Did Luna tell you about my quest for the Llano? I am getting closer. I can change the weather, and I
can even use it to travel across the world in an instant!"
"Yes, my dear. The Llano is the most potent theme of this realm." That was technically true, but it was a
lie because it was a false image telling it, for reason other than that presented. The best lies incorporated
truth, so that they were convincing. "But there is danger you may not have anticipated. Do you
remember the prophecy?"
"That I might marry Evil! But Mother, you know I would never associate with Satan, let alone marry
him!"
"But he is the master of deception." Another truth, setting up another lie. "Satan has set a trap for you.
He means to complete the prophecy and marry you, regardless of your will."
"But he can't-"
"He means to use the Llano against you." Truth again--and its companion lie. "He will stun your will
and make you his love-slave. You must be on guard!"
Orb was appalled. She would not have believed this if any but her mother had said it. What an elegant
lie it was! "How can I escape?"
"I will send Gaea to you. Listen to her. Orb!" Then the actor resumed spider form, and disappeared.
Beautiful! That actress deserved a commendation. Parry had found himself almost believing it was
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Niobe. He regretted only that no wider audience could appreciate the intricacy and craftsmanship of the
pattern of lies. There was art in lying, and not merely in that form of it termed "fiction." Next he sent the
emulation of the Incarnation of Nature. She formed out of mist, in the likeness of the real one.
"I am Gaea. Lachesis asked me to show you how to nullify the Llano when it is used against you. You
can only do that with another aspect of itself. But there is risk. If you try the counter, and fail, you will
suffer eternal madness." There was the lie, akin to the one by which he controlled demons.
"I'll risk it!" Orb said.
The fake Gaea then explained that the countertheme was a duet that had to be sung with another person:
a man named Natasha, who was the finest mortal singer apart from herself. The actress did not explain
that this was a monstrous half-truth, for Natasha was simply the words Ah, Satan merged and spelled
backward; it was the immortal Incarnation Satan who was the fine singer. He had set it up this way so
that he could show, when the time for truth came, that he had never completely deceived her, but had
given her a potent hint as to his nature from the outset. That might make her feel at least partially at fault
in her own eyes, and perhaps dispose her toward accepting him.
For the lying was the easier part of this; holding her after the time of truth was the harder part.
Orb took the bait. "This Natasha-what kind of man is he?"
"The best of men. But he may take your rendition of an aspect of the Llano as a trap of Satan's." Nicely
turning the lie on its head. Now Orb would have to try to reassure Natasha that she was not an agent of
Evil!
Gaea wrote out the music and gave it to Orb. Then she departed, while Orb read the music and praticed
it without actually singing it, heeding the warning of its danger.
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