Secundus Godel sat in the throne of the Storm Gatherer"s convocation circle, working hard to maintain her impassive demeanour. Her Void Walkers would arrive to detail their failings very soon. She needed to be ready for them. For once, she wanted to look each of them in the eye rather than whisper into their minds. She had to control the fury simmering inside her; if she pushed her Walkers too far, there was always the troubling possibility that they might turn against her and refuse to follow orders. She required their absolute loyalty in everything that was to come. The normal conversion process that the Walkers went through was, naturally, intended to ensure their unquestioning devotion to Concordance. They became the children of Omn. She had simply made a few adjustments to the proce