A stranger was suddenly seen to walk in their midst, though none had seen him come, and he went among them, stirring their hearts and minds, though speaking not a word, and they shivered at his unholy touch, asking what manner of man he might be and what his purpose.
Sensing some menace, they rose up as a body and moved towards him, arms reaching out, in an attempt to contain him, but he remained out of reach and they could not detain him nor even approach him, for he had many guises and many forms and he passed among them like a sharp sea breeze.
They thrilled αt his spectral touch and felt a change come upon them which unlocked their soul to the things that were and the things that might be, strange visions of worlds unseen, and they descended upon him once more, wishing to understand what was upon them, but the stranger slipped through their ranks, gliding past them with ease and, though they ran now one way and now another, none saw his going nor the manner of his leaving.
The night was now thick about them and, seeing the futility of further pursuit, they quickly melted into its consuming darkness, each to his own hearth, eager to tell of the stranger who had briefly walked among them that fateful night and had caused them to glimpse images that would come to pass of a world in the making that filled them with awe.
Sleep came to them early that night and, as they surrendered to its soft embrace, they could not know there would be no new awakening for them.
Sensing some menace, they rose up as a body and moved towards him, arms reaching out, in an attempt to contain him, but he remained out of reach and they could not detain him nor even approach him, for he had many guises and many forms and he passed among them like a sharp sea breeze.
They thrilled αt his spectral touch and felt a change come upon them which unlocked their soul to the things that were and the things that might be, strange visions of worlds unseen, and they descended upon him once more, wishing to understand what was upon them, but the stranger slipped through their ranks, gliding past them with ease and, though they ran now one way and now another, none saw his going nor the manner of his leaving.
The night was now thick about them and, seeing the futility of further pursuit, they quickly melted into its consuming darkness, each to his own hearth, eager to tell of the stranger who had briefly walked among them that fateful night and had caused them to glimpse images that would come to pass of a world in the making that filled them with awe.
Sleep came to them early that night and, as they surrendered to its soft embrace, they could not know there would be no new awakening for them.
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