To Atrus' friend:
What? Your not... Where is he? Look, I know he's here... I have his book, so where is he? He didn't come. I take Releeshahn from him, and he sends you instead.
To himself:
Idiot! You actually thought this would work. You thought that you could force him into coming here and fixing things. Why? Why would he
rewrite Narayan? Because of our messages? Because of your paintings?
Look at your world! Look at what's left of it. When are you going to get
it through your thick skull that you do not matter to him?! No one could be
alive out there.
To Atrus' friend:
We're stuck here you know. The linking book back to J'nanin is gone. Left behind when I linked out of Atrus' study. And as to getting into Narayan,
look around you. This chamber is the only way in, and Atrus installed some
kind of shield, and I've never been able to get past it. Not once in all
these years. So, you're just as stuck here as I am. At least until I open
this book. Then I show Atrus what it's like to watch your friends and
relatives die.
If you do find a way out of here, I suggest that you think very carefully about using it, because one thing I know about linking books is that the
doors they open, don't close behind you.