"I used to think, my lord," she continued, "that we had fulfilled the prophecy, that we had already walked the 'paths of darkness.' But I begin to believe I was wrong. I have walked the paths of darkness, and you have walked the paths of darkness, but we have walked them apart, all these years. And the prophecy says 'Two together.' "

..."I look before me," she added softly, reaching up to touch the reflection that reached a ghostly hand to touch her back, "and I see only darkness."

" 'Two must walk the paths of darkness to reach the light," Sagan said, finishing the quote.

Maigrey shook her head. "I see no light."