The Vanishing Book

286After these things, L guarded the ancient Holy Book with great care.

287He did not leave it upon the table. He did not leave it in his house.

288He kept it upon his person at all times.

289Where he went, the book went.

290Then one morning, L woke.

291And the Holy Book was gone.

292L searched for it.

293He searched where he had slept.

294He searched where he had walked.

295He searched, and he did not find it.

296And Malk came to him, and Malk said:

297"This is but a book. That which thou needest to fight Daeus is within thy mind."

298Hear this teaching, and hold it.

299The book was a vessel.

300The book was not the revelation.

301What was given to L had already been given. The knowledge that was imparted when he accepted the calling was not written only upon leather and pages. It was set within him.

302The book could be lost. What was imparted could not be lost with it.

303"That which thou needest to fight Daeus is within thy mind."

304Where the Holy Book went has not been revealed.

305Who took it has not been revealed.

306Let no one say where it is.