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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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He
left
it
there
then,
as
he
strode
boldly,
with
Jaska
by
his
side,
to
the
nearest
of
the
aircars.
As
he
approached
the
car,
the
gleam
cube
beneath
it
seemed
to
gleam
brighter
and
brighter,
as
though
it
echoed
the
radiance
of
Sarka.
Sarka
knew,
studying
this
phenomenon,
that
he
possessed
at
least
a
hint
of
the
secret
of
Luar's
omnipotence.
There
had
been
a
hint
before,
but
by
now
its
meaning
was
clearer.
The
white
flames,
out
of
the
heart
of
the
dying
Moon,
gave
new
life,
exaltation,
not
only
to
the
bodies
but
to
the
brains
of
those
who
passed
through
it,
and
with
their
brains
quickened,
they
possessed
such
knowledge
as
men
of
Earth,
for
ages,
had
wished
to
possess.
Transmutation
of
metals
...
the
ability,
at
will,
to
endow
the
higher,
more
selective
metals
with
intelligence
...
and
the
ability
to
retain
command
of
the
intelligences
thus
endowed.
This
explained
the
power
of
Luar
over
the
Gnomes,
and
the
power
of
the
Gnomes
over
the
cubes--if
they
possessed
that
power.
But
the
Gnomes,
what
of
them?
What
were
they?
But
for
a
space
Sarka
must
await
the
answer
to
that
question,
for
there
was
little
time.
Already
he
knew
that
the
tale
of
his
escape,
and
his
taking
over
of
a
portion
of
the
Gens
of
Dalis,
must
have
gone
like
wildfire
through
all
the
crater,
and
from
this
crater,
perhaps,
had
been
transmitted
to
all
the
craters
of
the
Moon.
All
the
craters....
That
explained
to
him
the
absence
from
the
lake
of
white
flames,
where
he
had
seen
so
few,
comparatively,
of
the
people
of
Dalis'
Gens.
The
Moon
was
honeycombed
by
such
craters,
and
perhaps
the
white
flame
connected
them
all,
made
them
all
one.
And
Luar
commanded
all
from
her
dais
in
this
crater
Sarka
and
his
people
were
escaping.
The
millions
of
the
Gens
had
been
swallowed
by
the
craters
of
the
Moon,
at
command
of
Luar,
acceded
to
by
Dalis--and
all
over
the
Moon
the
very
things
which
Sarka
and
Jaska
had
witnessed
were
taking
place.
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