"The Seed is almost finished. When you left, the building of it slowed 
down very much—more than we expected. We thought that the Drummers, 
after ten years, had absorbed your knowledge and could continue the work 
without you. But there is something in your mind that you have gained through 
your years of scholarly studies that the Drummers, if they ever had it, have 
given up and cannot get back unless they come out of the darkness and live 
their lives in the light again.