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           WhentwilightcameIhadvaguelywishedsomecloudswouldgather,foranoddtimidityaboutthedeepskyeyvoidsabovehadcreptintomysoul.

           Donotaskmeformyopinion.Idonotknow—thatisall.TherewasnoonebutAmmitoquestion;forArkhampeoplewillnottalkaboutthestrangedays,andallthreeprofessorswhosawtheaëroliteanditscolouredglobulearedead.Therewereotherglobules—dependuponthat.Onemusthavefeditselfandescaped,andprobablytherewasanotherwhichwastoolate.Nodoubtitisstilldownthewell—IknowtherewassomethingwrongwiththesunlightIsawabovethatmiasmalbrink.Therusticssaytheblightcreepsaninchayear,soperhapsthereisakindofgrowthornourishmentevennow.Butwhateverdaemonhatchlingisthere,itmustbetetheredtosomethingorelseitwouldquicklyspread.Isitfastenedtotherootsofthosetreesthatclawtheair?OneofthecurrentArkhamtalesisaboutfatoaksthatshineandmoveastheyoughtnottodoatnight.

           Whatitis,onlyGodknows.IntermsofmatterIsupposethethingAmmidescribedwouldbecalledagas,butthisgasobeyedlawsthatarenotofourcosmos.Thiswasnofruitofsuchworldsandsunsasshineonthetelescopesandphotographicplatesofourobservatories.Thiswasnobreathfromtheskieswhosemotionsanddimensionsourastronomersmeasureordeemtoovasttomeasure