Thief of Time - Nature

I SUSPECT HE WILL NEED SOMEONE. WHEN YOU HAVE FOUND HIM, LET BINKY GO. I SHALL NEED HIM.

Susan's lips moved as a memory collided with a thought.

'To ride out on?' she said. 'Are you really talking about the Apocalypse? Are you serious? No one believes in that sort of thing any more!'

I DO.

Susan's jaw dropped. 'You're really going to do that? Knowing everything you know?'

Death patted Binky on the muzzle.

YES, he said.

Susan gave her grandfather a sideways look.

'Hold on, there's a trick, isn't there... ? You're planning something and you're not even going to tell me, right? You're not really going to just wait for the world to end and celebrate it, are you?'

WE WILL RIDE OUT .

'No!'

YOU WILL NOT TELL THE RIVERS NOT TO FLOW. YOU WILL NOT TELL THE SUN NOT TO SHINE. YOU WILL NOT TELL ME WHAT I SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO.

'But it's so-' Susan's expression changed, and Death flinched. 'I thought you cared!’

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The Thief of Time - p187-188