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"Name your price," the Demon of Knowledge said. "The Uniquenesses and those Sequence One Characteristics you hold-let's talk prices."
"Why insist on competing with me for the Attendant of Mysteries?" Edward asked lazily. "Weren't you planning to have him-oh, Him-become a Sequence One through another pathway and ascend to godhood? All three Apprentice Sequence One Characteristics are up in the sky. Are you planning to persuade Bethel Abraham to spare you one, or risk making Him a Worm of Time, getting Pallez Zoroast out of danger only to have Amon hunt Him again instead?"
"I want the Moon."
The Demon of Knowledge set His own questions aside for now and adopted a serious, businesslike manner. "This Uniqueness has nothing to do with Klein's advancement, and it's of no use to you. Give it to me, and you can also avoid having the Mother Goddess of Depravity continue holding a grudge against you."
Edward looked Him over curiously, then put on an equally solemn expression.
"Then I'll have to hear what you have in mind. What does the Moon have to do with you?"
"I don't care either way. I can toss it wherever I want. The only reason I haven't is that I've been waiting for a better opportunity. Even if you've completely given up on Bethel now, you'll at least arrange a ritual for Him to descend upon the land carrying the Mother Goddess of Depravity's corruption. If you take the Moon, aren't you afraid of being corrupted during the ritual? Aren't you afraid the Mother Goddess of Depravity will turn her sights on you?"
"God of Knowledge, God of Wisdom, have you come up with another clever little scheme?"
Faced with the Devil's teasing, the Demon of Knowledge did not answer immediately. Edward was something of