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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Somehow,
though
he
knew
that
such
bathing
would
save
their
lives,
the
idea
filled
him
anew
with
horror.
He
found
himself
torn
between
two
duties.
If
he
sent
his
thought
out
there
to
the
Gens
of
Dalis,
people
of
Earth,
his
people,
they
would
be
saved,
but
might
forever
become
allies
of
the
people
of
the
Moon.
If
Sarka
did
not
tell
them,
they
would
die--and
there
were
millions
of
them.
But
his
science
had
always
been
a
science
of
Life,
and
it
still
was.
"Enter
the
flames!"
he
telepathically
bade
his
people.
"Enter
the
flames!"
But
they
did
not
heed
him,
and
for
the
first
time
the
atmosphere
of
the
interior
of
the
globe
seemed
filled
with
savage,
abysmal
menace!
Plain
to
Sarka
was
the
meaning
of
that
menace:
The
cubes
which
composed
this
globe
were
loyal
to
their
masters,
the
masters
to
a
mistress,
Luar,
and
would
countenance
no
meddling.
Likewise
it
was
impossible,
if
the
Gnomes
willed
it
to
the
cubes,
for
Sarka
to
transmit
his
thoughts
to
the
Gens
of
Dalis
through
the
transparent
walls
of
the
globe!
They
were
prisoners,
indeed,
of
Dalis
and
of
Luar!
But
could
Sarka
and
Jaska
turn
their
new-found
knowledge
to
their
own
use?
Sarka
was
thinking
back,
back
to
one
of
the
ancient
tomes
of
his
people.
It
spoke,
someplace,
of
a
man
who
had
got
trapped
in
the
heart
of
a
seething
volcano,
where
the
heat
of
it
had
cured
him
of
his
illnesses,
made
him
whole
again,
given
him
new
youth
and
freshness.
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