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truth about human beings: that innocence is different from experience. The Oblation Board fears and hates Dust, and the Specters feast on it, but it's Dust both of them are obsessed by."
"They're have invaded this city, and the adults have gone to safety. You notice how few boats there are in the harbor? The children will come to no harm."
"Except for the older ones. Like that poor kid down there."
"Mr. Scoresby, that is the way this world works. And if you want to put an end to cruelty and injustice, you must take me farther on. I have a job to do."clustered around that kid down there.""He's growing up. They'll attack him soon, and then his will become a blank, indifferent misery. He's doomed.""For Pete's sake! Can't we rescue him?""No. The Specters would seize us at once. They can't touch us up here; all we can do is watch and fly on.""But where are the adults? You don't tell me the whole world is full of children alone?""Those children are Specter-orphans. There are many gangs of them in this world. They wander about living on what they can find when the adults flee. And there's plenty to find, as you can see. They don't starve. It looks as if a multitude of Specters