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We stretched our hands to the wire, and we saw our fingers in the red glow. We could not see our body nor feel it, and in that moment nothing existed save our two hands over a wire glowing in a black abyss. Then we thought of the meaning of that which lay before us. WE STRETCHED OUR HANDS TO THE WIRE AND WE SAW OUR FINGERS IN THE RED GLOW WE COULD NOT SEE OUR BODY NOR FEEL IT AND IN THAT MOMENT NOTHING EXISTED SAVE OUR TWO HANDS OVER A WIRE GLOWING IN A BLACK ABYSS THEN WE THOUGHT OF THE MEANING OF THAT WHICH LAY BEFORE US
alone. Our hands. Our mind. Ours alone and only. We know not what we are saying. Our head is reeling. We look upon the light which we have made. We shall be forgiven for anything we say tonight.... Tonight, after more days and trials than we can count, we finished building a strange thing, from the remains of the Unmentionable Times, a box of glass, devised to give forth the power of the sky of greater strength than we had ever achieved before. And when we put our wires to this box, when we closed the current—the wire glowed! It came to life, it turned red, and a circle of light lay on the stone before us. We stood, and we held our head in our hands. We could not conceive of that which we had created. We had touched no flint, made no fire. Yet here was light, light that came from nowhere, light from the heart of metal. We blew out the candle. Darkness swallowed us. There was nothing left around us, nothing save night and a thin thread of flame in it, as a crack in the wall of a prison. M THE NIGHT OF THE AGES WE ALONE OUR HANDS OUR MIND OURS ALONE AND ONLY WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING OUR HEAD IS REELING WE LOOK UPON THE LIGHT WHICH WE HAD MADE WE SHALL BE FORGIVEN FOR ANYTHING WE SAY TO NIGHT TO NIGHT AFTER MORE DAYS AND TRIALS THAN WE CAN COUNT WE FINISH BUILDING A STRANGE THING FROM THE REMAINS OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES A BOX OF GLASS DEVISED TO GIVE FORTH THE POWER OF THE SKY OF GREATER STRENGTH THAN WE HAD EVER ACHIEVED BEFORE AND WHEN WE PUT OUR WIRES TO THIS BOX WHEN WE CLOSED THE CURRENT THE WIRE GLOWED IT CAME TO LIFE IT TURNED RED AND A CIRCLE OF LIGHT LAY ON THE STONE BEFORE US WE STOOD AND WE HELD OUR HEAD IN OUR HANDS WE COULD NOT CONCEIVE OF THAT WHICH WE HAD CREATED WE HAD TOUCHED NO FLINT MADE NO FIRE YET THERE WAS LIGHT LIGHT THAT CAME FROM NOWHERE LIGHT FROM THE HEART OF METAL WE BLEW OUT THE CANDLE DARKNESS SWALLOWED US AND THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT AROUND US NOTHING SAVE THE NIGHT AND A THIN THREAD OF FLAME IN IT AS A CRACK IN THE WALL OF A PRISON
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