Thief of Time - Everything

The air around Susan flashed blue. She was very briefly aware of a human shape, transparent, spinning gently, which vanished again.

But a voice in her ear, in her ear said: Nearly strong enough. Can you get to the end of the street?

'Yes. Are you sure? You couldn't do anything to the clock before!'

Before, I was not me.

A movement in the air made Susan look up. The lightning bolt that had stood rigid over the dead city had gone. The clouds were rolling like ink poured into water. There were flashes within them, sulphurous yellows and reds.

The Four Horsemen are fighting the other Auditors, Lobsang supplied.

'Are they winning?'

Lobsang did not answer.

'I said-'

It's hard for me to say. I can see... everything. Everything that could be …

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The Thief of Time - p312-313