“Presumably the Ophanim would slay all here, if attempt was made to wound your soul,” Roland pointed out in an aside.

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The Pilgrim’s eyes were closed, no doubt conferring with the Ophanim, and glimmered still with Light when they finally opened anew.

“So be it,” the Grey Pilgrim said. “Trespass not, spirit, lest you find more than you bargained for.”

- Book 5, Chapter 71: Verge