Mort - control

Albert squinted at Mort along the length of the sword, and smiled a lopsided, humorless smile.

“You won’t be able to control it forever,” he said.

“I don’t want to. I just want to control it for long enough.”

“You’re receptive now, see? The longer the master is away, the more you’ll become just like him. Only it’ll be worse, because you’ll remember all about being human and—”

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