Jenkins's question plunged Hoylandi into a silence that lasted for a full ten minutes.
Then, wearing a helpless, bitter smile, he replied: "I don't know... Actually, it's not that I'm afraid of the Tribunal; I have plenty of ways to keep myself alive, nor am I attached to my power and status, and I'd be willing to accept a secluded life. What I'm truly afraid of is my mentor..."
"I don't know how to describe his might and terror to you, and I wouldn't even dare mention his name. I only know that if he wants me dead, there is no place safe for me anywhere in this world."
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