The Long Night of Centauri Prime (34 page)

"No," Vir said, glancing in the direction of the palace, which now seemed very far off. "I won't be doing anything especially important for ... oh, I'd guess at least a decade or so." Gwynn looked him up and down with open skepticism. "Are you sure he's going to be of use to us?"

"Oh, absolutely," Vir responded as if she had addressed him. "You see ... I'm invincible."

"You're very fortunate," said Finian. And Vir thought that, far off in one of the upper palace windows, he could see the small, distant and vague outline of Londo Mollari, looking out at the city and then turning away. "More fortunate than some," said Vir. "Far more fortunate ... than some."