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Chapter 10 — Lost Men in the Moon

           Orwhetheritmightnotstillbegoingon.HadIindeedheardasound?

           IfeltthepressureofCavor’shanduponmyarm.Hespokeinanundertone,asthoughhefearedtowakesomesleepingthing.“Letuskeeptogether,”hewhispered,“andlookforthesphere.Wemustgetbacktothesphere.Thisisbeyondourunderstanding.”

           “Whichwayshallwego?”

           Hehesitated.Anintensepersuasionofpresences,ofunseenthingsaboutusandnearus,dominatedourminds.Whatcouldtheybe?Wherecouldtheybe?Wasthisariddesolation,alternatelyfrozenandscorched,onlytheouterrindandmaskofsomesubterraneanworld?Andifso,whatsortofworld?Whatsortofinhabitantsmightitnotpresentlydisgorgeuponus?

           Andthen,stabbingtheachingstillnessasvividandsuddenasanunexpectedthunderclap,cameaclangandrattleasthoughgreatgatesofmetalhadsuddenlybeenflungapart.

           Itarrestedoursteps.Westoodgapinghelplessly.ThenCavorstoletowardsme.

           “Idonotunderstand!”hewhisperedclosetomyface.Hewavedhishandvaguelyskyward,thevaguesuggestionofstillvaguerthoughts.

           “Ahiding-place!Ifanythingcame...”

           Ilookedaboutus.Inoddedmyheadinassenttohim.

           Westartedoff,movingstealthilywiththemostexaggeratedprecautionsagainstnoise.Wewenttowardsathicketofscrub.Aclangourlikehammersflungaboutaboilerhastenedoursteps.“Wemustcrawl,”whisperedCavor.

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