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Carl starts laughing. "Oh, that is just so hilarious. Council of Dark lords. Do they have a contract with Marvel comics?" "I an dead serious, Carl. I agree, they sound silly, and part of the problem is they take themselves so seriously. But even if they are a clique of ridiculous self-parodies, they still pose a dangerous threat, to us, to the world, and they have to be stopped." "So then, what do you propose", say I. "My brother, for all his bumbling incompetence and weakened powers is still their major tool. He has to be completely disabled." "How" "We have to see if we can get him to return to the island where Jesus lives. "and how do you propose to do that." "You have had contact with him. Haven't you?" "I have, but it is always on his terms and at his convenience... "We have also had some encounters with him, or rather, Chris has", says Carl. "How very very interesting." "And apparently, so has your brother", say I. "What!" she says. "how can that be? They are so completely opposed to each other." "I read about it in my friend's journal, kenny. He was being pursued and stalked by Lindstrom for quite a long time, and finally got from him a full confession. He spent some weeks in the kid's mansion with him where he seemed on the verge of a complete turn around. Then he did something to sabotage it, and went off on his way again." "Yes. Yes. That explains it." "Explains what", says Carl. "Sven's power has diminished greatly in the past twenty years or so...