[And Shaitan rages in his wrath, vast and ancient and terrible, but not even a Prince of Hell can take those kinds of odds without preparation, and although he howls and lashes out and leaves more than one angel battered and bleeding, eventually the whirlwind changes, becomes ashes and cinders and black, black smoke that swirls faster and faster until it vanishes with the high-pitched scream of a steam whistle.]
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