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There were living beings on the mainland, not too far from the coast. And not only that, but they were standing upright, though stooped, as if by weariness and the wiles of life, and they seemed, in general, to resemble humans, not directly, but as much as the Zards and Canitaurs did, and with the effects of the radioactive instability greater on the mainlands, it would seem natural that they would be further removed from normality than those on Daem. THERE WERE LIVING BEAMS ON THE MAINLAND NOT TOO FAR FROM THE COAST AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THEY WERE STANDING UPRIGHT THOUGH STOOPED AS IF BY OUR WEARINESS AND THE WILES OF LIFE AND THEY SEEMED IN GENERAL TO RESEMBLE HUMANS NOT DIRECTLY BUT AS MUCH AS THE ZADS AND THE CANADORS DID AND WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE RADIOACTIVE INSTABILITY GREATER ON THE MAINLAND IT WOULD SEEM NATURAL THAT THEY WOULD BE FURTHER REMOVED FROM NORMALITY THAN THOSE ON DAME
dor I was quickly subdued by a curt rebuke by my interlocutors (for Zimri was there as well), which was, quite simply, that you hadn't taken Homer for any more than a creative poet, even after a few thousand years of study, so why should my meager manuscript make such a large impact. At that, I acquiesced to them and admitted that on that end my attempt to save humanity one way or another was contemptible, but I still write, as you see, for the story's sake, and possibly for my own material immortality. But never mind that, for it is high time that I went back to my story. I was looking through the spyglass at the various areas of Daem where my adventures had so far taken me. After I had examined them all for a few moments, I felt a strange urge to use the telescope to look closely at the mainland that I had seen before, to see what the effects of the Great War had been there. As I turned the telescope's sights toward it, I was at once surprised and flabbergasted at what caught my eye. AND YET WITH ALL MY ARDOR I WAS QUICKLY SUBDUED BY A CURT REBUKE BY MY INTERLOCUTORS FOR ZIMRI WAS THERE AS WELL WHICH WAS QUITE SIMPLY THAT YOU HADN'T TAKEN HOMER FOR ANY MORE THAN A CREATIVE POET EVEN AFTER A FEW THOUSAND YEARS OF STUDY SO WHY SHOULD MY MEAGRE MANUSCRIPT MAKE SUCH A LARGE IMPACT AT THAT I ACQUIESCED TO THEM AND ADMITTED THAT ON THAT END MY ATTEMPT TO SAVE HUMANITY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WAS CONTEMPTIBLE BUT I STILL WRITE AS YOU SEE FOR THE STORY'S SAKE AND POSSIBLY FOR MY OWN MATERIAL IMMORTALITY BUT NEVER MIND THAT FOR IT IS HIGH TIME THAT I WENT BACK TO MY STORY I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE SPY GLASS AT THE VARIOUS AREAS OF DAME WHERE MY ADVENTURES HAD SO FAR TAKEN ME AFTER I HAD EXAMINED THEM ALL FOR A FEW MOMENTS I FELT A STRANGE URGE TO USE THE TELESCOPE TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE MAINLAND THAT I HAD SEEN BEFORE TO SEE WHAT THE EFFECTS OF THE GREAT WAR HAD BEEN THERE AS I TURNED THE TELESCOPE SIGHTS TOWARDS IT I WAS AT ONCE SURPRISED AND FLABBERGUSTED AT WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE
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