27.2

As Shard saw it, the movement towards regeneration had to be quick.

It required a raging current of human interest to drive it powerfully to its ultimate conclusion. He’d always seen only one certain way to excite that current, and had been preparing for it for years.

Come on old man. Now you’ve got your answer, it’s time to accelerate the process. Move it into the mainstream.

Christmas was beckoning like a bright star on the horizon and with all the technical systems for the release of the films set to go, there was no time to waste. Not long after his conversation with the President, Shard spoke to the sadhus on Haji Malang and in a short, unrecorded speech, announced the day, time and place of his death.