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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Below
each
one,
as
he
studied
them
and
strained
his
eyes
to
make
out
details,
he
caught
the
baleful
gleam
of
other
cubes
like
the
first
he
had
seen.
The
aircars,
it
seemed,
were
either
sentinels,
at
the
lip
of
the
crater,
or
were
the
dwelling
places
of
sentinels--and
the
cubes
were
those
sentinels!
It
seemed
absurd,
but
it
came
to
Sarka
in
a
flash
that
that
was
the
answer,
and
his
eyes
came
back
to
the
first
cube,
because
it
was
nearer
and
more
easy
to
study.
"I
will
not
be
swayed
by
the
will
of
the
thing,"
Sarka
told
himself.
"Nor
will
I
allow
it
to
analyze
me!
Jaska,
do
you
do
likewise!"
Beside
him,
Jaska
shivered.
He
turned
to
look
at
her.
Her
face
was
coldly
white,
and
her
eyes
were
big
with
terror
and
fascination
as
she
stared
at
that
first
cube,
resting
so
balefully
there
under
the
first
aircar.
He
shook
her,
and
she
seemed
to
bring
her
eyes
to
his
with
a
terrific,
will-straining
effort.
"Look
at
me!"
he
told
her,
telepathically.
"Keep
your
eyes
on
me,
for
to
look
at
the
cube
spells
danger!"
But
his
own
eyes
went
back
to
the
thing,
and
he
studied
it
closely.
A
cold
chill
raced
through
his
body
as
he
noted
that
its
gleam
was
becoming
dull,
fading
slowly
out.
It
had
gleamed
brightly
at
first,
and
now
was
losing
its
sheen,
fading
away
to
invisibility.
He
thought
he
should
be
able,
regardless
of
gleam
or
color,
to
see
its
outline;
but
its
outline,
too,
seemed
to
be
becoming
faint,
indistinct.
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