she had brought colors into his world . father and i went back to the palace and bullied the emperor 's servants into waking him . my past had caught up with me . freedom is a difficult thing to achieve and to maintain . 28 a week passed , then two , and then three . you might learn to flow along the edge of the blade but you could be cut by it . `` i know a great many things now , '' he answered , `` things i did not know before . 