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And too, I came up in Sydeir one day, and that day was dark and dismal, and I knew that the snows would soon be coming. And the harvest and the hunt had been low; therefore, I knew that this coming winter would be difficult. And desiring to know what I should do to aid my people in this trial, I came up in Sydeir that I might commune with the Aiylōhyme.
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And when I had come up, I beheld a field white and ready to harvest. And I beheld a mighty steed that was made all from steel. And Tyrraz again came to me and spoke unto me, saying: What is it you desire, Yōzefos?
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And I said: I desire to know how I may help my people as this time of famine arrives.
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And Tyrraz pointed to the steed and said: Look and behold, son of men, and see whatsoever the Aiylōhyme shall show you.
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And I beheld the steed that it walked through the field crushing all underfoot, and none withstood its effort. And I beheld that it walked the entire length of the field, and when it had, it had crushed all underfoot, insomuch that the entire field had been crushed. And I asked: What is the meaning of this?
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And Tyrraz said: A day will come when there comes a famine in the land, not of food, but of knowledge.98 And it shall be that in that day, men shall be as this steed and shall crush all goodness underfoot. We give you this famine that you may know and may ask that when the time comes that you will not put your posterity through what many others shall go through.
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And I beheld the steed that it was many nations all banded together to crush the knowledge of the Aiy. And they believed they had successfully done this, and all was laid waste before it. And I beheld that the steed ruled and reigned over the earth for several cycles according to the time of the Eagle. And I wept for the loss of such knowledge and that there would be such rule over the land.
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And Tyrraz said: Weep not, child, for though the steed shall crush underfoot, there will come an end to the winter. And I beheld that arose from the trodden earth a single seed, and it bloomed and became a plant. And I also beheld the steed made of steel that it desired to crush the plant underfoot as it had done to many others before it. Yet this plant wilted and spread its seeds prior to ripening, and those seeds spread across the field. And I also saw that those seeds grew with great haste and also spread their seeds.
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And Tyrraz said: Have faith in the Aiylōhyme and Thūnoraz who is to come, for a great and marvelous work is about to come forth among their children.99 And so shall it be for you, for lo, you shall suffer this winter in hardship, come the spring, you shall have abundance. And such is the way of the earth.
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And I beheld that the steed could not crush the many plants that had begun to grow and spread across the field, insomuch that it was defeated, and thus was the vision.